CVE-2021-40794 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Premiere Pro versions 15.4.1 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS platforms. This vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user if a malicious file is opened. It has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires user interaction to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community and media attention.
| 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: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.