Is CVE-2021-40741 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-40741 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-40741?

CVE-2021-40741 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-40741?

CVE-2021-40741 has an EPSS score of 1.22% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2021-40741?

No published fix for CVE-2021-40741 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-40741

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Adobe Audition version 14.4 (and earlier) is affected by an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer 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.

CWE-788

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.