CVE-2021-40709: Adobe Photoshop 2020

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.11 (and earlier) and 22.5 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted SVG file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Photoshop 2020: up to and including 21.2.11
• Adobe Photoshop 2021: up to and including 22.5

Published 2021-09-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.