Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-40715Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 EXR File Parsing Leads to Memory Corruption

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Premiere from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .exr file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Premiere unspecified – through 15.4unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-788 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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