CVE-2021-43027

Adobe After Effects versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 18.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-115.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

11 Sep 2023, 14:29

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~3.3~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
References	~~(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-115.html -~~	(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-115.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Adobe Adobe after Effects Microsoft Apple Microsoft windows Apple macos

07 Sep 2023, 13:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-07 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-43027

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43027

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43027

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

apple

macos

adobe

after_effects

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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