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Substance 3D Painter CVE-2026-75750

| EUVDEUVD-2026-65689 HIGH
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-08-25 adobe GHSA-pf24-3c8q-75h5
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious Substance Painter file with oversized parser input
  2. Delivery
    Deliver via phishing email or shared project repository
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens file in Substance 3D Painter
  4. Execution
    Heap buffer overflow triggered in file-parsing routine
  5. Impact
    Attacker-controlled code executes as current user

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that a victim user actively open a malicious file in Adobe Substance 3D Painter - the CVSS UI:R metric confirms this mandatory user interaction as a hard prerequisite. The local attack vector (AV:L) means the crafted file must reside on the victim's filesystem or a mounted share; there is no direct network exploitation path against the application. PR:N indicates no special system privileges are needed on the attacker's side to craft or deliver the file. The unchanged scope (S:U) limits the impact to the victim's current user context - the vulnerability alone does not provide a path to system or administrator privileges. No specific non-default configuration setting or application feature flag is identified as a prerequisite in the available data; any user who opens a malicious file in an affected version is exposed.

Impact

The CVSS 7.8 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects a local, file-triggered attack requiring no special privileges but mandatory user interaction. High C/I/A impact captures full user-context compromise, while S:U constrains the blast radius to that user's session - lateral privilege escalation is outside the defined scope of this CVE. The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, and no public POC is referenced in the input data, placing this in the 'theoretically exploitable but not actively abused' category at time of analysis. For creative studios where Substance 3D Painter is a standard toolchain component and project files are routinely shared across teams, vendors, and contractors, that file-exchange workflow constitutes a realistic social engineering surface that elevates practical risk beyond what the AV:L label alone might suggest. EPSS data is absent from the provided intelligence; exploitation probability relative to the broader CVE population cannot be quantified without it. The CVSS vector is internally consistent with the description and no contradictions between data sources are apparent.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious Substance Painter project file or supported import format containing oversized or malformed data engineered to overflow the heap buffer in the application's file parser. The file is delivered to a target artist or technical director via email, a shared collaboration platform, or a contractor file-exchange workflow under the guise of a legitimate project asset. When the victim opens the file in Substance 3D Painter, the parser overflows the allocated buffer, corrupts adjacent heap memory, and redirects execution to attacker-controlled code running under the victim's user account. No public POC has been identified, so this scenario reflects the theoretical exploit path consistent with CWE-122 and the CVSS vector.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 25, 2026

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Substance 3D Painter enables arbitrary code execution under the logged-in user's context when a victim opens a specially crafted malicious file. The vulnerability (CWE-122) affects all tracked versions per the wildcard CPE, with Adobe acknowledging the issue via advisory APSB26-129. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to apply the vendor-released patch documented in Adobe advisory APSB26-129 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb26-129.html); the exact patched version must be confirmed directly from that advisory, as it is not reproduced in the available CVE input. Users should update via Adobe Creative Cloud or the standalone installer. Where immediate patching is not feasible, organizations should enforce a policy of not opening Substance Painter project files (.spp) or other supported import formats received from untrusted external parties - such as contractor-submitted assets or files shared through unverified collaboration channels - until their provenance can be confirmed. Because the CVSS vector indicates no network-accessible attack surface (AV:L), there is no applicable network-layer mitigation; risk reduction depends on patching combined with file-handling hygiene and user awareness training.

Affected VersionsENISA

Adobe Substance 3D Painter patch: 12.1.3
Adobe Substance 3D Painter 0 ≤12.1.2

Affected Packages

euvd adobe_substance_3d_painter no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Adobe Substance 3D Painter is a professional PBR texture painting application central to game development and VFX pipelines. The flaw is CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), a memory corruption class where a heap-allocated buffer is written beyond its bounds, potentially corrupting adjacent heap objects or metadata. In file-parsing applications this typically occurs when format decoders allocate fixed-size buffers based on header-declared dimensions without adequate length validation, allowing attacker-controlled values to drive writes past allocation boundaries. The affected CPE - cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_substance_3d_painter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - applies a wildcard across all versions with no stated floor, indicating broad coverage. The trigger surface is almost certainly a file-import or project-loading codepath, consistent with the UI:R exploitation requirement.

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Severity by source

Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.8 HIGH

File must be opened by victim (AV:L, UI:R); no credentials needed to craft or deliver the payload (PR:N); successful exploitation yields full user-context code execution across all three impact pillars (C:H/I:H/A:H) without scope change.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Substance3D - Painter is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Adobe Substance 3D Painter (all tracked versions per APSB26-129) contains a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow (CVSS 7.8) that allows arbitrary code execution when users open malicious design files. Design and creative teams face direct risk of system compromise and intellectual property theft; attackers could establish persistent access to systems containing valuable proprietary assets. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the absence of an available patch creates a critical exposure window.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Restrict design file imports to verified internal sources and pre-approved external partners; (2) Network-isolate Substance 3D Painter workstations to prevent lateral movement to sensitive systems; (3) Conduct targeted security awareness training for design teams on file-based attack vectors; (4) Enable detailed process and network monitoring on Substance 3D instances to detect abnormal child processes or unexpected outbound connections; (5) Evaluate endpoint sandboxing or virtualized delivery of Substance 3D Painter for high-risk workflows as a temporary protective measure.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
professional 3D painting tool standard in game and VFX studios
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

A heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

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