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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe After Affects up to 22.6.3/23.1 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-22238. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe After Affects up to 22.6.3/23.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

After Affects versions 23.1 (and earlier), 22.6.3 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. 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. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-22238 since 12/19/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-26402). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Adobe

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After Affects

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commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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-2023-22238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221413
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2023 08:06
Updated: 09/27/2025 10:33
Changes: 02/18/2023 08:06 (49), 09/27/2025 10:33 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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