Adobe Premiere Elements up to 2021.2235820 PSD File buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Premiere Elements up to 2021.2235820 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component PSD File Handler. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-40702. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Premiere Elements up to 2021.2235820. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component PSD File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 09/28/2021 as apsb21-78. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-40702 since 09/08/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209480 (Adobe Premiere Elements Arbitrary Code Execution (APSB21-78) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209480). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 209480
Nessus Name: Adobe Premiere Elements Arbitrary Code Execution (APSB21-78) (macOS)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/08/2021 🔍
09/28/2021 +20 days 🔍
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05/03/2025 +1313 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-78
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183445

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2021 08:24
Updated: 05/03/2025 07:15
Changes: 09/28/2021 08:24 (49), 10/03/2021 07:52 (1), 10/22/2024 17:03 (16), 05/03/2025 07:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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