Headline
CVE-2021-46816: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) are affected by a memory corruption vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious M4A file.
Security Updates Available for Adobe Premiere Pro | APSB21-67
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
ASPB21-67
September 14, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released updates for Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows and macOS. This update addresses a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Premiere Pro
15.4 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 Premiere Pro
15.4.1
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-2021-46816
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (yjdfy) for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
Revisions
June 9, 2022: CVE updated to CVE-2021-46816
October 28, 2021: Added details for CVE-2021-42723.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]