CVE-2021-40715: Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 EXR File Parsing Leads to Memory Corruption

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-788

Description

Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .exr file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

Adobe Premiere: through 15.4

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-67.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-67.html

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