CVE-2024-45138 Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416)
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious files in Substance3D Stager.
- 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-2024-45138?
CVE-2024-45138 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Stager, published on 9 Oct 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 - Stager versions 3.0.3 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Substance 3d Stager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45138 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-2024-45138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Substance 3d Stager
- CVE-2026-103830 Substance3D - Stager | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)
- CVE-2026-103832 Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-103833 Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-103834 Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-103835 Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3w2-q5qc-x6gq.