CVE-2021-40772 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Prelude version 10.1 and earlier, affecting both Adobe and Microsoft Windows environments. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its potential for arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires user interaction, specifically opening a specially crafted M4A file. 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:prelude:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.