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CVE-2021-40789: Adobe Premiere Elements Null Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Adobe Premiere Elements 20210809.daily.2242976 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Premiere Elements: before 2021.4 — fixed in 2021.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Premiere Elements 2021.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_elements/apsb21-106.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_elements/apsb21-106.html

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