Headline
CVE-2021-28602: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.
Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB21-49
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
ASPB21-49
June 08, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe After Effects for Windows and macOS. This update addresses multiple critical, important and moderate vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe After Effects
18.2 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.
Product
Version
Platform
Priority Rating
Availability
Adobe After Effects
18.2.1
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
Adobe After Effects
17.7.1
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
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
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Numbers
Out-of-bounds Read
(CWE-125)
Memory leak
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-28600
NULL Pointer Dereference
(CWE-476)
Application denial-of-service
Moderate
3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE-2021-28601
Out-of-bounds Write
(CWE-787)
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-2021-28602
CVE-2021-28605
CVE-2021-28607
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
(CWE-122)
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-2021-28603
CVE-2021-28604
CVE-2021-28608
CVE-2021-28610
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
(CWE-121)
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-2021-28606
Out-of-bounds Read
(CWE-125)
Arbitrary file system read
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-28609
CVE-2021-28615
Out-of-bounds Read
(CWE-125)
Memory leak
Important
6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVE-2021-28611
CVE-2021-28612
CVE-2021-28614
CVE-2021-28616
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank Yongjun Liu of nsfocus security team for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
Revisions
May 12, 2021: Included details for CVE-2021-28586, CVE-2021-28587
October 25, 2021: Added Solution row for N-1 version.
April 28, 2022: Updated details for CVE-2021-28602, CVE-2021-28605, CVE-2021-28607.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected].