CVE-2021-40757 Adobe After Effects MXF File Parsing Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution

2021-10-2600:00:00

CWE-788

adobe

www.cve.org

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

36.9%

JSON

Adobe After Effects version 18.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious MXF file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "After Effects",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "18.4.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]