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.
Published: 2021-11-18
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27921 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.
History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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


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Adobe After Effects
Microsoft Windows
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:21:39.109Z

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40756

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.937Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-18T17:15:10.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:42.837

Link: CVE-2021-40756

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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