ZDI-CAN-20963: Adobe Substance 3D Designer SBS File Parsing Uninitialized Variable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-824 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Adobe Substance 3D Designer version 12.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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 victim must open a malicious file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-21618
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3fv6-5mp4-2wxr
More Adobe Substance 3d Designer vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-50134 Substance3D - Designer | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35827 Substance3D - Designer | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35826 Substance3D - Designer | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35825 Substance3D - Designer | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35824 Substance3D - Designer | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35822 Substance3D - Designer | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-21618 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-21618 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3fv6-5mp4-2wxr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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