Adobe Substance3D up to 1.15.0 null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Adobe Substance3D up to 1.15.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21170. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Substance3D up to 1.15.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Substance3D - Modeler versions 1.15.0 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-21170 since 12/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232733 (Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 0.0.x < 1.21.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-21)), 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 (232733). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Substance3D

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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