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CVE-2012-2027· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arb

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF (aka .TIF) file.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
May 9, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
13.3% · 96th percentile
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Action score

41

Plan

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 13.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
adobephotoshop
adobephotoshop cs4
adobephotoshop cs5.5

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe photoshopall versions
  • adobe photoshop10.0
  • adobe photoshop10.0.1
  • adobe photoshop11.0
  • adobe photoshop11.0.1
  • adobe photoshop11.0.2
  • adobe photoshop11.0.4
  • adobe photoshop12.0.0
  • adobe photoshop12.0.1
  • adobe photoshop12.0.2
  • adobe photoshop12.0.3
  • adobe photoshop12.0.4
  • adobe photoshop2.5
  • adobe photoshop3.0
  • adobe photoshop4.0
  • adobe photoshop5.0
  • adobe photoshop6.0
  • adobe photoshop6.0.1
  • adobe photoshop7.0
  • adobe photoshop7.0.1

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2017-11304An issue was discovered in Adobe Photoshop 18.1.1 (2017.1.1) and earlier versions.
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  • CVE-2017-11303An issue was discovered in Adobe Photoshop 18.1.1 (2017.1.1) and earlier versions.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2011-2164Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop before 12.0.4 have unknown impact and attack vectors.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2010-3127Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe PhotoShop CS2 through CS5 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitra
    41Plan
  • CVE-2012-2028Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code v
    39Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2012-03-20

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-50 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+5257 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-399 · Resource Management Errors

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

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    Change log

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    References

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