VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-35996

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
  • CWE-788: Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer

Primary references