Adobe Premiere Pro: NULL pointer dereference causes application denial of service
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference in Adobe Premiere Pro can crash the application on Windows and macOS. An attacker can cause a denial-of-service condition if a victim opens a malicious file. The issue has no confidentiality or integrity impact.
Affected
- Adobe Premiere 0 to 26.5.2 (26.x branch)
- Adobe Premiere 0 to 25.6.6 (25.x branch)
- Platforms: Windows and macOS
Fixed in
- Adobe Premiere 26.5.3 for the 26.x branch
- Adobe Premiere 27.0 for the 25.x branch
Workaround
Unknown. No vendor workaround was found; Adobe recommends installing the update.
- Interim measure (not from vendor): do not open project or media files from untrusted sources until patched.
Exploitation
- Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for the issues in this update.
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact partial.
- No public proof of concept found.
Our recommendation
- Inventory all Premiere Pro installations on Windows and macOS systems.
- Update 26.x installations to 26.5.3 and 25.x installations to 27.0.
- Caution with unsolicited files and attachments until updated.
- Note that the same bulletin APSB26-101 also fixes high-severity code-execution flaws, so patch promptly.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-101 www.adobe.com
- CVE Record CVE-2026-113577 www.cve.org
- OffSeq Radar: CVE-2026-113577 radar.offseq.com
- Strix AI: CVE-2026-113577 www.strix.ai
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 16:13.
Original description (NVD)
Premiere Pro is affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
NVD references (1)
Sources
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- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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