CVE-2026-53415
Received Received - Intake

Use After Free in Zoom Client Annotator Function

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-53415, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-11

Last updated on: 2026-08-11

Assigner: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Description

Use after Free in the annotator function of Zoom Clients may allow a meeting participant to achieve remote code execution of another participant via network access.

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Published
2026-08-11
Last Modified
2026-08-11
Generated
2026-08-11
AI Q&A
2026-08-11
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
EUVD

Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
zoom workplace to 7.1.5 (exc)
zoom workplace_vdi_client to 7.0.11 (exc)
zoom rooms to 7.1.5 (exc)
zoom meeting_sdk to 7.1.5 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Executive Summary

CVE-2026-53415 is a Use After Free vulnerability in the annotator function of Zoom Clients. This flaw could allow a malicious meeting participant to execute remote code on another participant's system through network access.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on your system during a Zoom meeting, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or further compromise of your device.

Mitigation Strategies

Update Zoom Workplace to version 7.1.5 or later, Zoom Workplace VDI Client to version 7.0.11 or later, Zoom Rooms to version 7.1.5 or later, and Zoom Meeting SDK to version 7.1.5 or later to patch the Use After Free vulnerability in the annotator function.

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