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CVE-2021-40702

Adobe Premiere Elements psd Memory Corruption Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

High7.8EPSS 1.7%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
adobe

Description

Adobe Premiere Elements version 2021.2235820 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious psd file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By adobe

  2. · 19 days later

    Published

  3. · 3 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2021-40702, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
adobeCNA (assigner)3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Adobe · Premiere

    • affected unspecified – ≤ 2021.2235820
    • affected unspecified – ≤ None

References (1)

Sources

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