Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Photoshop | APSB21-01

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB21-01

January 12, 2021      

3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Photoshop for Windows and macOS. These updates resolve a critical vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.      

Affected Versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Photoshop 2021

22.1  and earlier version  

Windows and macOS

Note:

CVE-2021-21006 does not impact 21.x versions of Photoshop. 

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism.  For more information, please reference this help page.    

Product

Updated versions

Platform

Priority

Photoshop 2021

22.1.1

Windows and macOS

3

Note:

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Number

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Arbitrary code execution    

Critical  

 CVE-2021-21006

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