CVE-2021-28603

Adobe After Effects heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution

Published Aug 24, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15272 Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
adobe
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2025, 7:34 PM
Reserved
Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 24, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:46 AM