CVE-2023-47053
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 24.0 (and earlier) and 23.6.1 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. 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 24.0 and earlier, and 23.6.1 and earlier contain an uninitialized pointer vulnerability. When a user opens a malicious audio file, the application accesses an uninitialized pointer, potentially leaking sensitive memory contents. This memory disclosure can be leveraged to defeat ASLR security mitigations by revealing memory addresses to the attacker.
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<= 23.6.1= 24.0CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Determine installed Adobe Audition versionOpen Adobe Audition and navigate to Help > About Adobe Audition, or check the Windows registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Audition\Version, or right-click the Audition executable file and select Properties > Details to view the File VersionAffected if Unable to determine version or version shows as 24.0 or 23.6.1 or lower
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Compare version against affected rangesReview the detected version number against the affected ranges: versions 24.0 (any minor release) and versions 23.6.1 or earlierAffected if Installed version is exactly 24.0 OR installed version is 23.6.1 or any lower version number (e.g., 23.5, 23.4, 22.x)
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Identify audio file handling usageDetermine whether Adobe Audition is used to open or process audio files from external or untrusted sourcesAffected if The application is used to open audio files and the vulnerable version is confirmed, since the flaw triggers when processing a malicious audio file
A user is affected if their installed Adobe Audition version is 24.0 or falls at or below 23.6.1, as these versions contain the uninitialized pointer flaw that triggers when opening a specially crafted audio 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 version (newer than 24.0 and 23.6.1) to obtain the vendor patch. Avoid opening untrusted audio files from unknown sources as a defense-in-depth measure.
Adobe Audition 24.1 or later (latest available version)
- 1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or navigate to adobe.com/products/audition
- 2. Check for available updates to Adobe Audition
- 3. If an update is available, download and install the latest version of Adobe Audition
- 4. Alternatively, open Adobe Audition and go to Help > Check for Updates
- 5. Ensure the updated version is 24.1 or later
- 6. After updating, 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-2023-47053 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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