CVE-2021-40752

Adobe After Effects M4A File Parsing Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Nov 18, 2021
Updated: Apr 23, 2025
Reserved: Sep 8, 2021

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.8 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-788 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
After EffectsAdobe	18.4.1 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-79.html

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