CVE-2021-35997 Adobe Premiere Pro Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a malicious file in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-35997?
CVE-2021-35997 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Premiere, published on 20 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35997?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Premiere Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2021-35997?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2021-35997 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35997 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Premiere
- CVE-2026-48269 Premiere Pro | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-48270 Premiere Pro | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-48369 Premiere Pro | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-34636 Premiere Pro | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-34637 Premiere Pro | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qfqr-mxw4-q8j5.