Headline
CVE-2021-40738: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a WAV file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
Security Updates Available for Adobe Audition | APSB21-92
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
ASPB21-92
October 26, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Audition for Windows and macOS. This update resolves multiple critical and important arbitrary code execution and application denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Audition
14.4 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
Product
Version
Platform
Priority Rating
Availability
Adobe Audition
22.0
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
Adobe Audition
14.4.2
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Numbers
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40734
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40735
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40736
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Application denial-of-service
important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-40737
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40738
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40739
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-40740
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Application denial-of-service
important
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-40741
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Application denial-of-service
important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-40742
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank hy350, yjdfy and cff_123 of Topsec Alpha Team for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
(hy350) HY350 of Topsec Alpha Team (CVE-2021-40737; CVE-2021-40742)
(yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (CVE-2021-40734; CVE-2021-40738; CVE-2021-40739; CVE-2021-40740)
(cff_123) CFF of Topsec Alpha Team (CVE-2021-40735; CVE-2021-40736; CVE-2021-40741)
Revisions
October 28, 2021: Added row to solution table for N-1 version.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]