Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Oct 6, 2021
Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB21-33
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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ASPB21-33 |
May 11, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Adobe After Effects |
18.1 and earlier versions |
Windows |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority Rating |
Availability |
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Adobe After Effects |
18.2 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Adobe After Effects |
17.7.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Note:
CVE-2021-28586 and CVE-2021-28587 are resolved by Adobe After Effects version 18.1 and later.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVE Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
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OS Command Injection |
Arbitrary Code Execution |
Critical |
CVE-2021-28571 |
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Out-of-bounds Read |
Arbitrary file system read |
Important |
CVE-2021-28587 |
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Out-of-bounds Write |
Arbitrary Code Execution |
Critical |
CVE-2021-28586 |
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Uncontrolled Search Path Element |
Arbitrary Code Execution |
Critical |
CVE-2021-28570 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
- Taylor Leach (CVE-2021-28571)
- Mat Powell (@mrpowell) & Joshua Smith (@kernelsmith) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-28586, CVE-2021-28587)
- hhjjyy and Yongjun Liu of nsfocus security team (CVE-2021-28570)
Revisions
May 12, 2021: Included details for CVE-2021-28586, CVE-2021-28587
September 1, 2021: Included details for CVE-2021-28570.
October 6, 2021: Added solution row for N-1 version.