CVE-2021-28601

LOW

Adobe After Effects < 18.2 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Crafted File Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0137
EPSS Percentile 68.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/after_effects < 18.2
Published Aug 24, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026