Illustrator vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product84 versions
The short answer

Illustrator is made by Adobe. We track 146 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 84 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Adobe lists newer releases under their own names, such as Illustrator CC, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Illustrator listed under other names? Yes.

Adobe also lists Illustrator under more specific names, such as Illustrator CC and Illustrator Cs5.5. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Illustrator vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Illustrator's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Illustrator flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 71%

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DSC comment in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file.

    CVSS9.3Published4 Dec 2009
  2. 35%

    Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3, Illustrator CS3, and GoLive 9 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) BMP, (2) DIB, or (3) RLE file.

    CVSS9.3Published25 Apr 2007
  3. 17%

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS5 15.0.1 and earlier, and possibly other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL...

    CVSS9.3Published27 Aug 2010
  4. 15%

    Adobe Illustrator before CS6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2023, CVE-2012-2024,...

    CVSS10.0Published9 May 2012
  5. 8.0%

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS3 13.0.3 and earlier and Illustrator CS4 14.0.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS10.0Published8 Jan 2010
  6. 5.9%

    Adobe Illustrator version 25.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file.

    CVSS8.8Published8 Sep 2021
  7. 5.6%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS6 before 16.0.5 and 16.2.x before 16.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS10.0Published14 May 2014
  8. 5.4%

    Adobe Illustrator before CS6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0780, CVE-2012-2023,...

    CVSS10.0Published9 May 2012
  9. 5.4%

    Adobe Illustrator before CS6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0780, CVE-2012-2024,...

    CVSS10.0Published9 May 2012
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We track 146 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Illustrator, across 84 versions.

None of Illustrator's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Adobe also lists Illustrator under more specific names, such as Illustrator CC and Illustrator Cs5.5. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a EdgeProtect account and track Illustrator. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.