CVE-2021-43749 Adobe Premiere Rush NULL Pointer Dereference Local Denial-of-Service

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Adobe Premiere Rush by tricking a user into opening a malicious file.

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-2021-43749?

CVE-2021-43749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Premiere Rush, published on 20 Dec 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 Rush versions 1.5.16 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability. 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43749?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Premiere Rush.

How do I fix CVE-2021-43749?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43749 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-43749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x55-xcjp-hqwx.

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