CVE-2021-45051 Adobe Bridge JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An attacker can disclose sensitive memory and bypass ASLR by tricking a user into opening a malicious file in Adobe Bridge.
- 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-2021-45051?
CVE-2021-45051 is a low-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Bridge, published on 14 Jan 2022. 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 Bridge version 11.1.2 (and earlier) and version 12.0 (and earlier) are affected by an use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45051?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Bridge.
How do I fix CVE-2021-45051?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2021-45051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Bridge
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5fv-j786-whp9.