# CVE-2024-41861: Adobe Substance 3D Sampler Memory Corruption Out-of-Bounds-READ Vulnerability I, when parsing PSD file

> An attacker can disclose sensitive memory and bypass ASLR by tricking a user into opening a malicious PSD file in Adobe Substance 3D Sampler.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39hx-c6hf-mxp2

## What is CVE-2024-41861?

CVE-2024-41861 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Substance3D - Sampler, published on 14 Aug 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 - Sampler versions 4.5 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability 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-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41861?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Substance 3d Sampler.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41861?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41861 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Substance3D - Sampler

- [CVE-2026-83965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83965/): Substance3D - Sampler | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-83966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83966/): Substance3D - Sampler | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-83959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-83959/): Substance3D - Sampler | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-48417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48417/): Substance3D - Sampler | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-48418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48418/): Substance3D - Sampler | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41861 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41861 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Substance3D - Sampler, published on 14 Aug 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Substance3D - Sampler. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41861/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41861/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41861
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41861
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41861

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41861/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.