CVE-2021-40741
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe Audition versions 14.4 and earlier contain an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer vulnerability triggered when parsing a specially crafted file. The out-of-bounds memory access occurs during file parsing operations, causing an application denial-of-service condition. An unauthenticated attacker requires user interaction (victim opening a malicious file) to exploit this vulnerability.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 14.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Adobe Audition is installedOn Windows, look in Program Files\Adobe for Audition folder, or check Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Audition. On macOS, check /Applications for Adobe Audition.app.Affected if Adobe Audition is not installed on the system
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Determine installed Adobe Audition versionOpen Adobe Audition, then go to Help > About Adobe Audition to display the version number. On Windows, you can also right-click Audition.exe in the installation folder and select Properties > Details to see the File Version.Affected if Unable to determine the installed version
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare your installed version to the affected range. Versions 14.4 and earlier are vulnerable. The version displays as a major.minor.build number (for example, 14.0, 14.2, 14.4).Affected if Installed version is 14.4 or any earlier version (such as 14.3, 14.2, 14.1, 14.0, or older)
System is affected if Adobe Audition version 14.4 or earlier is installed, and exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted malicious file.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate Adobe Audition to the latest patched version. Avoid opening files from untrusted or unknown sources.
Adobe Audition 14.5 or later (latest available version)
- Open Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or check for updates within Adobe Audition
- Navigate to the Updates section and check for available updates
- If Adobe Audition 14.5 or later is available, download and install the update
- Alternatively, download the latest version of Adobe Audition from the official Adobe website
- After installation, verify the version by going to Help > About Adobe Audition
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2021-40741 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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