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.
History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Adobe
Adobe illustrator
Vendors & Products Adobe
Adobe illustrator

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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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'}


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 : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2026-01-14T19:29:14.490

Link: CVE-2026-21288

cve-icon Redhat

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