CVE-2023-26414
Published: 13 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-26414 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-2023-26414 and CWE-416. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and can result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user when triggered.
An attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a malicious file that the victim must open; successful exploitation requires no prior authentication and occurs over a local attack vector with low complexity once the file is processed.
The official Adobe security advisory APSB23-28, published at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb23-28.html, addresses the vulnerability and provides remediation guidance for affected Substance 3D Designer installations.
EPSS for the CVE rose materially 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 increased well after the 2023 disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-30234
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.
Affected Assets
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.