Adobe Substance 3D Designer up to 16.0.4 buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Substance 3D Designer up to 16.0.4. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-48433. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Substance 3D Designer up to 16.0.4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Substance3D - Designer is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-48433 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/25/2026).

Upgrading to version 16.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Substance 3D Designer 16.0.5

Timelineinfo

05/21/2026 CVE reserved
08/25/2026 +96 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-48433 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-48433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-395194

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2026 20:28
Changes: 08/25/2026 20:28 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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