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CVE-2025-21137: 
Adobe Substance 3D Designer vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-21137 is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Substance 3D Designer versions 14.0 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by security researcher Jony (jonyjuice) and was disclosed on January 14, 2025 ([Adobe Security](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3ddesigner/apsb25-06.html), ASEC).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a critical Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) with a CVSS base score of 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). This indicates a high severity issue requiring user interaction but no privileges for exploitation (Adobe Security).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Adobe has categorized this as a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow attackers to take control of the affected system (Adobe Security, CIS Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released version 14.1 of Substance 3D Designer to address this vulnerability. Users are recommended to update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy the updates to end users (Adobe Security).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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