What is CVE-2021-40741?

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.

How does CVE-2021-40741 impact Adobe Audition?

CVE-2021-40741 can cause Adobe Audition to become unresponsive or crash, leading to a denial-of-service condition.

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2021-40741?

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.

Is my version of Adobe Audition affected by CVE-2021-40741?

If you are using Adobe Audition version 14.4 or earlier, your system is affected by CVE-2021-40741.

How can I mitigate 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.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2021-40741

medium

5.5

CWE

788

26/10/2021

4/8/2024

CVE-2021-40741: Adobe Audition Memory Corruption could lead to Application denial-of-service

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
Adobe Audition	<=14.4
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

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Reference Links

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb21-92.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-40741?
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.
How does CVE-2021-40741 impact Adobe Audition?
CVE-2021-40741 can cause Adobe Audition to become unresponsive or crash, leading to a denial-of-service condition.
How can an attacker exploit CVE-2021-40741?
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.
Is my version of Adobe Audition affected by CVE-2021-40741?
If you are using Adobe Audition version 14.4 or earlier, your system is affected by CVE-2021-40741.
How can I mitigate 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.

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