CVE-2025-54186
📋 TL;DR
Substance3D Modeler versions 1.22.0 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow attackers to read sensitive memory contents. Users who open malicious files with affected versions are vulnerable to potential information disclosure.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Substance3D Modeler
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could craft a malicious file that, when opened, reads sensitive memory contents potentially containing credentials, encryption keys, or other confidential data from the application's memory space.
Likely Case
Limited information disclosure from the application's memory, potentially revealing fragments of data but not full system compromise.
If Mitigated
No impact if users only open trusted files from verified sources.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires user interaction (opening malicious file) and crafting of specific file format to trigger out-of-bounds read.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.23.0 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-modeler/apsb25-76.html
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Open Substance3D Modeler. 2. Go to Help > Check for Updates. 3. Install available update to version 1.23.0 or later. 4. Verify update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file sources
allOnly open Substance3D Modeler files from trusted, verified sources
Use file validation
allImplement file validation/sandboxing for unknown 3D model files
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement application whitelisting to restrict which users can run Substance3D Modeler
- Deploy endpoint protection that can detect and block malicious 3D model files
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Substance3D Modeler version in application (Help > About). If version is 1.22.0 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Not applicable - check via application GUI Help > AboutVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 1.23.0 or later in Help > About menu.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Application crashes when opening 3D files
- Unusual memory access patterns in application logs
Network Indicators:
- Downloads of 3D model files from untrusted sources
SIEM Query:
EventID=1000 AND Source='Substance3D Modeler' AND Description contains 'access violation'