What is CVE-2021-40796?

CVE-2021-40796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Premiere, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-40796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Adobe Premiere

CVE-2021-40796

Adobe Premiere Pro 15.4.1 (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-servic…

EPSS: 0.011 (61.6th 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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Premiere — versions unspecified
Adobe Premiere_pro
Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

psirt@adobe.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40796?: CVE-2021-40796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Premiere, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-40796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.