CVE-2023-26410
Published: 13 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-26410 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3D Designer. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe Substance 3D Designer versions 12.4.0 and earlier contain a Use After Free vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-26410. The flaw is classified under CWE-416 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8, reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges, with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability all rated high.
An attacker can exploit the issue only through user interaction: a victim must be tricked into opening a malicious file, after which arbitrary code can execute in the context of the current user. No remote or unauthenticated exploitation path is described.
The referenced Adobe security advisory at helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb23-28.html addresses the vulnerability and supplies mitigation guidance, including available patches.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0933 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current value of 0.0023, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after public disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-30230
Vulnerability details
Adobe Substance 3D Designer version 12.4.0 (and earlier) is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a…
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victim must open a malicious file.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.