Adobe After Effects up to 18.2 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe After Effects up to 18.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-28610. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe After Effects up to 18.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/2021 as apsb21-49. The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-28610. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209474 (Adobe After Effects < 18.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-49) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209474). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 209474
Nessus Name: Adobe After Effects < 18.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-49) (macOS)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/16/2021 🔍
08/25/2021 +161 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-49
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-28610 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28610
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-181412

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2021 08:55
Updated: 05/03/2025 13:24
Changes: 08/25/2021 08:55 (37), 08/26/2021 20:14 (2), 08/26/2021 20:21 (1), 10/22/2024 19:34 (16), 05/03/2025 13:24 (4)
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