CVE-2021-40761
Adobe After Effects NULL Pointer Dereference Application Denial of Service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Nov 18, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 8, 2021
Description
Adobe After Effects version 18.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
After EffectsAdobe |
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References
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