CVE-2021-42730
Adobe Bridge vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Bridge version 11.1.1 and earlier versions are affected by a memory corruption vulnerability that occurs due to insecure handling of malicious PSD files. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-42730 and requires user interaction to be exploited (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a memory corruption issue, specifically an 'Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer' vulnerability (CWE-788, CWE-119). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction (NVD, Threatpost).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The potential impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released patches to address this vulnerability in Adobe Bridge. The issue has been assigned a Priority 2 rating, which means administrators are recommended to apply the update within 30 days (Threatpost).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was disclosed as part of a larger Adobe security update that addressed 92 vulnerabilities across 14 products. The discovery was credited to security researchers, with this particular vulnerability being one of several critical-severity issues found in Adobe Bridge (Threatpost).

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