Illustrator versions 29.8.6, 30.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-476
Illustrator | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Problem type
Affected products
Adobe
Illustrator
<= 30.3 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-xvcv-5fpw-x4r5
Illustrator versions 29.8.6, 30.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvcv-5fpw-x4r5Illustrator versions 29.8.6, 30.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-34662Click to expand
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