Fortinet Discovers Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator CC 2019.
Adobe Illustrator CC is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for macOS and Windows.
A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in Illustrator CC by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability is caused by a crafted PCT file which causes an out-of-bounds write memory access. It could allow malicious users to create code execution scenarios.
Solutions
FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:Adobe.Illustrator.CVE-2019-8247.Memory.Corruption
Released Oct 21, 2019
Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.
Timeline
Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Adobe on May 12, 2019.
Adobe confirmed the vulnerability on May 20, 2019.
Adobe patched the vulnerability on November 12, 2019.