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CVE-2021-40771

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.72% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2021-40771
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.72%

Original NVD Description

Adobe Prelude version 10.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious WAV file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.