CVE-2025-43568 Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416)

High 7.8 Published Updated

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-2025-43568?

CVE-2025-43568 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

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43568?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Substance 3d Stager.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43568?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43568 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-2025-43568 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Substance 3d Stager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-43ff-74cr-2r98.

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