CVE-2026-21316 Audition | Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
An attacker can cause Adobe Audition to crash by tricking a user into opening a malicious file, resulting in a denial of service.
- 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-2026-21316?
CVE-2026-21316 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Audition, published on 10 Feb 2026. 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
Audition versions 25.3 and earlier are affected by an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or become unresponsive. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Weakness: CWE-788
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-21316?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Audition.
How do I fix CVE-2026-21316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-21316 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-2026-21316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-21316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Audition
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8v6m-6gjc-gh89.