Headline
CVE-2021-43751: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Premiere Pro versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read 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.
Security Updates Available for Adobe Premiere Pro | APSB21-117
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB21-117
December 14, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released updates for Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows and macOS. This update addresses critical and moderate vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Premiere Pro
22.0 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Adobe Premiere Pro
15.4.2 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 Premiere Pro
22.1.1
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
Adobe Premiere Pro
15.4.3
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
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Privilege escalation
Moderate
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-43751
Use After Free (CWE-416)
Privilege escalation
Moderate
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-40790
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Privilege escalation
Moderate
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-40791
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
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-2021-40795
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Privilege escalation
Moderate
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-42265
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative – CVE-2021-43751; CVE-2021-40790; CVE-2021-40791; CVE-2021-40795; CVE-2021-42265
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]