Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Premiere Elements | APSB21-78

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB21-78

September 14, 2021      

3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Adobe Premiere Elements for Windows and macOS. This update addresses one important and multiple critical vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.      

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Premiere Elements

2021 [build 19.0 (20210127.daily.2235820) and earlier]

Windows  and macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratingsand recommends users to download the new installer and upgrade their installations.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Premiere Elements  

2021 [build 19.0 (20210809.daily.2242976)]

Windows and macOS      

3

Note:

To verify the version of Premiere Elements on your system, please follow the following steps:  

  • Help
  • About Premiere Elements menu
  • The splash screen would show the current version and build number.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer

(CWE-788)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-39824

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer

(CWE-788)

Arbitrary code execution

Important

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-40701

Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer

(CWE-788)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-40700

CVE-2021-40703

CVE-2021-40702

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (yjdfy) (CVE-2021-40700, CVE-2021-39824, CVE-2021-40702)
  • CFF of Topsec Alpha Team (cff_123) (CVE-2021-40703, CVE-2021-40701)

For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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