Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-40737Adobe Audition NULL Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Audition from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Audition	unspecified – through 14.4unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb21-92.html x_refsource_MISC