CVE-2021-40736 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Audition versions 14.4 and earlier, affecting both macOS and Windows platforms. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:audition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.