CVE-2024-49536
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Audition versions 23.6.9, 24.4.6 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow attackers to read sensitive memory contents when a user opens a malicious file. This could potentially bypass security mitigations like ASLR. Users of affected Audition versions who open untrusted files are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Audition
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could read sensitive memory contents, potentially bypassing ASLR to enable more sophisticated attacks or leak confidential information from the application's memory space.
Likely Case
Limited information disclosure from memory, potentially enabling further exploitation if combined with other vulnerabilities, but requiring user interaction to open a malicious file.
If Mitigated
With proper controls, the impact is minimal as exploitation requires user interaction and the vulnerability only allows memory reading, not arbitrary code execution.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (opening a malicious file) and knowledge of memory layout. No public exploit code has been reported as of the advisory date.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Update to Audition 24.4.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb24-83.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application. 2. Navigate to the 'Apps' section. 3. Find Adobe Audition and click 'Update'. 4. Follow the update prompts. 5. Restart Audition after installation completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file opening
allPrevent users from opening untrusted or unknown files in Audition
Use application control
allImplement application whitelisting to prevent execution of unauthorized files
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict file handling policies to prevent opening untrusted files in Audition
- Isolate Audition usage to trusted environments and users with minimal privileges
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Audition version via Help > About Audition. If version is 23.6.9 or earlier, or 24.4.6 or earlier, the system is vulnerable.Check Version:
On Windows: Check via Help > About Audition. On macOS: Adobe Audition > About AuditionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify version is 24.4.7 or later via Help > About Audition.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Audition crash logs showing memory access violations
- Unexpected file opening events in Audition
Network Indicators:
- File downloads from untrusted sources followed by Audition execution
SIEM Query:
source="audition" AND (event="crash" OR event="file_open") AND file_extension IN ("sesx", "wav", "mp3", "aiff")