CVE-2021-40736 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03829.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Audition
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:a:adobe:audition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27901	Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-03-16T14:03:20.049Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:48:29.244Z

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40736

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:07.034Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-16T15:15:12.750

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:40.450

Link: CVE-2021-40736

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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