CVE-2021-40774 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Prelude version 10.1 (and earlier) is affected by a null pointer dereference 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Prelude
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:prelude:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27939	Adobe Prelude version 10.1 (and earlier) is affected by a null pointer dereference 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/prelude/apsb21-96.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-11-22T15:21:00.325Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:19:32.117Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-40774

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.619Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-22T16:15:07.780

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:45.630

Link: CVE-2021-40774

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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