Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Cs6

CVE-2012-4170

Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CS6 13.x before 13.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2012-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.110 (95.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.110 · newest: 0.110 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop Cs6 — versions 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/55333 (vdb-entry)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-20.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)