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CVE-2021-21082

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21082 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.5 and earlier, and 22.2 and earlier. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user by tricking them into opening a specially crafted file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction and local access to exploit, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 21.0, <= 21.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 22.0, <= 22.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 21.2.5CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 22.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0448 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/photoshop/apsb21-17.html
Vendor Advisory