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CVE-2021-40751

Published: Nov 18, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.8

HIGH

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .m4a file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

After Effects

affected
unspecified - <= 18.4.1
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-788

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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