CVE-2025-24439
Published: 11 March 2025
Description
An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24439 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122, CWE-787) affecting Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.5.2 and earlier. Published on 2025-03-11, the flaw enables arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user when processing malicious files.
The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Local attackers with no privileges required can exploit it by tricking users into opening a specially crafted file, leading to full control over the affected process with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Adobe's security bulletin APSB25-16 at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb25-16.html details the vulnerability and provides guidance on mitigation, including available patches.
Details
- CWE(s)
Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is a client-side heap buffer overflow in a desktop application triggered by processing a malicious file, enabling arbitrary code execution via user interaction. This directly maps to T1203 (Exploitation for Client Execution) and T1204.002 (Malicious File under User Execution).