Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Title Illustrator | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-13T19:02:39.353Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T22:01:18.190Z

Link: CVE-2026-21288

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-13T19:02:31.815Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-13T19:16:26.173

Modified: 2026-01-13T19:16:26.173

Link: CVE-2026-21288

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