Bulletin ID
Security Updates Available for Adobe Lightroom | APSB21-119
|
Date Published |
Priority |
---|---|---|
ASPB21-119 |
December 14, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released updates for Adobe Lightroom for Windows and macOS. This update addresses an Important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation
in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
Product |
Version |
Platform |
---|---|---|
Lightroom |
4.4 and earlier versions |
Windows |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority Rating |
Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lightroom |
5.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVE Numbers |
---|---|---|---|
Use After Free (CWE-416) |
Privilege escalation |
Important |
CVE-2021-43753 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative -- CVE-2021-43753