# CVE-2025-43549: Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416)

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious files in Substance3D Stager.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 13 May 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w8jh-376c-cw53

## What is CVE-2025-43549?

CVE-2025-43549 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Stager, published on 13 May 2025. 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 3.1.1 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 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43549?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Substance 3d Stager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-43549?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43549 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Substance 3d Stager

- [CVE-2026-103830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-103830/): Substance3D - Stager | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-103832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-103832/): Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-103833](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-103833/): Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-103834](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-103834/): Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-103835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-103835/): Substance3D - Stager | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43549 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43549 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Stager, published on 13 May 2025. 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-2025-43549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Substance 3d Stager. 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-2025-43549/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43549/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43549
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43549
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43549

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43549/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.