CVE-2021-40418 is a critical vulnerability affecting Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve, stemming from an uninitialized pointer dereference within the R3D SDK's DPDecoder service. This flaw occurs when parsing specific video files, leading to an attempt to destroy an uninitialized object property. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including arbitrary code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.3.1.0005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:blackmagicdesign:davinci_resolve:17.3.1.0005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.