ZDI-CAN-20371: Adobe Substance 3D Painter GLTF File Parsing Uninitialized Variable Information Disclosure 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 Painter versions 8.3.0 (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-2023-29278
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-299g-q65m-5q2m
References
More Adobe Substance 3d Painter vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-36120 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-53040 Substance3D - Painter | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-53039 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-53038 Substance3D - Painter | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-53037 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-53036 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-29278 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-29278 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-299g-q65m-5q2m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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