Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-40740Adobe Audition Memory Corruption could lead to Arbitrary code execution

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 22.0% 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 memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a M4A file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Audition	unspecified – through 14.4unspecified – 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

References

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