VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-40752

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-11-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .m4a 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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-788
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Primary references