High severity · published Jun 13, 2022
CVE-2021-46816
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) are affected by a memory corruption vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
Premiere Pro · Adobe
before 15.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46816
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-67.html
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