Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe Lightroom | APSB21-119

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB21-119

December 14,  2021   

3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Adobe Lightroom for Windows and macOS. This update addresses an Important vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation
in the context of the current user.  

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Lightroom 

4.4 and earlier versions      

Windows

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism.  For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority Rating

Availability

Lightroom        

5.1

Windows and macOS

3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Numbers

Use After Free (CWE-416)

Privilege escalation  
        

Important

CVE-2021-43753
 

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
 for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.      

  • Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative -- CVE-2021-43753

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