High severity · published Aug 20, 2021
CVE-2021-35997
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file
7.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. 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 file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
Premiere Pro · Adobe
through 15.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35997
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35997
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-56.html
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