CVE-2021-43753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Adobe Lightroom versions 4.4 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of parsing TIF files that could result in privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Published: 2023-09-07

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

Lightroom Desktop

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 4.4

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:lightroom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30660	Adobe Lightroom versions 4.4 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of parsing TIF files that could result in privilege escalation. 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 High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00118.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb21-119.html

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Adobe Lightroom

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-09-07T12:54:30.742Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T21:00:10.697Z

Reserved: 2021-11-15T21:18:52.499Z

Link: CVE-2021-43753

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:03:08.816Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-07T13:15:08.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:29:43.190

Link: CVE-2021-43753

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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