Untrusted Pointer Deref. in Adobe Bridge Enables RCE
CVE-2026-48340 Published on July 14, 2026
Bridge | Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822)
Bridge is affected by an Untrusted Pointer Dereference 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-48340 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Untrusted Pointer Dereference
The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-48340
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Affected Versions
Adobe Bridge:- Before and including 16.0.3 is affected.
- Version 16.0.4 is unaffected.
- Before and including 15.1.5 is affected.
- Version 15.1.6 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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