CVE-2023-29281 ZDI-CAN-20364: Adobe Substance 3D Painter USD File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious USD file in Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
- 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-2023-29281?
CVE-2023-29281 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Painter, published on 11 May 2023. 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 Substance 3D Painter versions 8.3.0 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code 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-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29281?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Substance 3d Painter.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29281?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29281 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-2023-29281 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29281 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Substance 3d Painter
- CVE-2026-34674 Substance3D - Sampler | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75749 Substance3D - Painter | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-75750 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75766 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75767 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m9jx-fc37-ppq8.