CVE-2021-40792 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Premiere Pro versions 15.4.1 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can lead to arbitrary code execution if a user opens a specially crafted malicious file. While user interaction is required for exploitation, the potential impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:premiere_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.4.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:premiere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.