CVE-2023-22234
Adobe Premiere Rush vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Premiere Rush version 2.6 and earlier versions were affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-22234. The vulnerability was discovered by CHEN QINGYANG (yjdfy) and was publicly disclosed on February 14, 2023. This security flaw affects Adobe Premiere Rush software running on Microsoft Windows systems (Adobe Advisory, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) and Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) issue. Adobe Systems Incorporated assigned it a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This scoring indicates that while local access is required, the vulnerability requires low attack complexity and no privileges, though it does need user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially execute malicious code with the same privileges as the user running the Adobe Premiere Rush application (NVD).

Exploitability

Exploitation of this vulnerability requires user interaction, specifically that a victim must open a malicious file. The local attack vector suggests that an attacker would need local access to the target system or would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted malicious file (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than Adobe Premiere Rush 2.6, as the vulnerability affects version 2.6 and earlier versions (NVD).

Additional resources


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