Headline
CVE-2021-43754: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Prelude version 22.1.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious 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 Prelude | APSB21-114
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
ASPB21-114
December 14, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Prelude for Windows and macOS. This update addresses a critical and an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Prelude
22.0 and earlier versions
Windows
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 Prelude
22.1.1
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-43754
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Privilege escalation
Important
4.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-44696
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- (yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (CVE-2021-43754)
- Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-44696)
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]