CVE-2021-40701

Adobe Premiere Elements m4a Memory Corruption Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 27, 2021
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Sep 8, 2021

Description

Adobe Premiere Elements version 2021.2235820 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious m4a file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.8 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-788 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PremiereAdobe	2021.2235820 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_elements/apsb21-78.html

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