Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Oct 28, 2021
Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB21-79
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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ASPB21-79 |
October 26, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Adobe After Effects |
18.4.1 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 |
22.0 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Adobe After Effects |
18.4.2 |
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.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40751 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40752 |
|
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40753 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40754 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40755 |
|
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40756 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40757 |
|
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40758 |
|
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40759 |
|
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40760 |
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NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40761 |
Acknowledgements
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
(hy350) HY350 of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40761; CVE-2021-40756;
(yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40760; CVE-2021-40759; CVE-2021-40758; CVE-2021-40757; CVE-2021-40755; CVE-2021-40753
(cff_123) CFF of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40751; CVE-2021-40752; CVE-2021-40754
Revisions
October 28, 2021: Added row to solution table for N-1.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.