ZDI-26-778: Adobe Photoshop DCM Pixel Data Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
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Key metrics
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Affected versions
Key insight
Exploitation requires opening a crafted DCM file, so the remote code execution depends on targeted user interaction despite the high CVSS score.
Description
Adobe Photoshop contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the parsing of DCM pixel data. A crafted file can cause an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user. Exploitation requires the target to visit a malicious page or open a manipulated file. The Zero Day Initiative has published the vulnerability as CVE-2026-95636 and rated it CVSS 7.8. There is no information on active exploitation or KEV inclusion.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 78.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 15.00
- raw before weight
- 93.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 0.50
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 27.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational