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Adobe will issue free security patches for high-profile Creative Suite apps

12.05.2012
Recent versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional--the company's high-profile Creative Suite applications--have security vulnerabilities on both Mac and Windows platforms. Late Friday night, Adobe confirmed its plan to issue free patches to fix the problems in all three applications--a reversal of its previous strategy that would have forced users to pay for a CS6 upgrade in order to rectify the problems.

According to an Adobe spokesperson, "The team decided to make available patches for Photoshop CS5.x, Illustrator CS5.x, and Flash Professional CS5.x." The time frame for availability of those fixes is unclear. "We are still in the process of finalizing the timeline for the patches," the spokesperson said. "We will update the respective security bulletins once the patches are available."

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On Wednesday, Adobe had announced that security issues compromised Photoshop CS5 and earlier, Illustrator CS5.5 and earlier, and Flash Professional CS5.5 and earlier, according to information published on Adobe's security bulletin on the company's website.

The vulnerabilities in Photoshop could be exploited via opening malicious TIFF image files, Adobe said. It did not describe the possible attack methods targeting Illustrator or Flash Professional. According to Adobe, the security issues--which it characterized as --could be exploited "to take control of the affected system."