Adobe After Affects up to 22.6.3/23.1 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe After Affects up to 22.6.3/23.1. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-22233. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe After Affects up to 22.6.3/23.1. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

After Affects versions 23.1 (and earlier), 22.6.3 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The weakness was presented 02/18/2023 as apsb23-02. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-22233 since 12/19/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-26397). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Adobe

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After Affects

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/19/2022 🔍
02/18/2023 +61 days 🔍
02/18/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2025 +952 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb23-02
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221403
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2023 08:00
Updated: 09/27/2025 10:33
Changes: 02/18/2023 08:00 (49), 09/27/2025 10:33 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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