CVE-2024-20741 Adobe Substance 3D Paint ICO Parsing Access Violation Write Vulnerability
An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious ICO 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-2024-20741?
CVE-2024-20741 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Painter, published on 15 Feb 2024. 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
Substance3D - Painter versions 9.1.1 and earlier are affected by a Write-what-where Condition vulnerability that could result in 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-2024-20741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Substance 3d Painter.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20741?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20741 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-2024-20741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20741 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-454p-pvqj-9jv5.