Photoshop vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product82 versions
The short answer

Photoshop is made by Adobe. We track 90 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 82 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 Photoshop CC, so check those pages too.

See the riskiest flaws

We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Known exploited

Which Photoshop vulnerabilities are being exploited?

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

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

Exploit likelihood

Which Photoshop 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. 22%

    Adobe Photoshop 12.0 in Creative Suite 5 (CS5) and 12.1 in Creative Suite 5.1 (CS5.1) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted GIF file.

    CVSS9.3Published11 Aug 2011
  2. 20%

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, and possibly After Effects CS3, allows user-assisted remote attackers and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with an...

    CVSS9.3Published23 Apr 2008
  3. 14%

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe PhotoShop CS2 through CS5 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or...

    CVSS9.3Published26 Aug 2010
  4. 13%

    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.

    CVSS9.3Published9 May 2012
  5. 8.1%

    An issue was discovered in Adobe Photoshop 18.1.1 (2017.1.1) and earlier versions.

    CVSS9.8Published9 Dec 2017
  6. 7.4%

    Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted javascript file.

    CVSS7.8Published11 Feb 2021
  7. 7.1%

    An issue was discovered in Adobe Photoshop 18.1.1 (2017.1.1) and earlier versions.

    CVSS9.8Published9 Dec 2017
  8. 7.0%

    Buffer overflow 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 unspecified vectors.

    CVSS9.3Published9 May 2012
EdgeProtect

Running Photoshop? We'll keep checking.

Looking flaws up one at a time doesn't scale. Tell us what you run once, and we tell you which flaws matter to you, in what order, and keep watching for new ones.

  1. Tell us what you runPick your software from a list, or let us work it out from your website.
  2. We match it to every flawOver 400,000 published flaws, checked against your list.
  3. Ranked by real-world riskA 0 to 100 score, led by evidence criminals are using it.
  4. Told as soon as we knowAn alert by email, in the app or by webhook to your own tools.

Free plan, no card needed. Nothing to install.

FAQ

Common questions, answered plainly.

Something else? Talk to the team →

We track 90 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Photoshop, across 82 versions.

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

Adobe also lists Photoshop under more specific names, such as Photoshop CC and Photoshop 2020. 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 Photoshop. 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.