CVE-2021-40739 Adobe Audition Memory Corruption could lead to Arbitrary code execution

2021-10-2600:00:00

CWE-788

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe audition

memory corruption

cve-2021-40739

m4a file

arbitrary code execution

user interaction

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

35.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Audition",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "14.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]