Use After Free in Adobe Premiere Pro
CVE-2021-40790
Adobe Premiere Pro versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-After-Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-40790?
- CVE-2021-40790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Premiere Pro, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2021-40790?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.