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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2027

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF (aka .TIF) file.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 13.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF (aka .TIF) file.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
13.29% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 March 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
adobe/photoshop · adobe/photoshop cs4 · adobe/photoshop cs5.5
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 13.29%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 13.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-18633source ↗Adobe Photoshop 12.1 - '.tiff' Parsing Use-After-Freewindows · Francis Provencherdos20 March 2012yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.