First published: Tue Oct 26 2021(Updated: )
Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Credit: psirt@adobe.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Adobe Audition | <=14.4 | |
Apple macOS | ||
Microsoft Windows |
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CVE-2021-40741 is a vulnerability in Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) that allows an attacker to achieve an application denial-of-service by exploiting a memory access issue.
CVE-2021-40741 can cause Adobe Audition to become unresponsive or crash, leading to a denial-of-service condition.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2021-40741 by providing a specially crafted file to Adobe Audition, triggering the memory access issue and causing the application to crash.
If you are using Adobe Audition version 14.4 or earlier, your system is affected by CVE-2021-40741.
To mitigate CVE-2021-40741, update Adobe Audition to the latest version available, as the vulnerability has been addressed in later versions.