CVE-2021-40757

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-40757
  • Assigner
  • psirt@adobe.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-11-18T17:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-25T16:54:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 18.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-79.html Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40757
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40757
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:26:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 14:50:00 2021-11-18T17:15Z 2021-11-18T17:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 14:50:00 2022-04-25T16:54:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 14:50:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated