Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-40756Adobe After Effects NULL Pointer Dereference Application Denial of Service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in After Effects from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe After Effects version 18.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	After Effects	unspecified – through 18.4.1unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-79.html x_refsource_MISC