CVE-2021-35996

HIGH

Adobe After Effects <18.2.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0148
EPSS Percentile 81.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787 CWE-788
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/after_effects < 18.2.1
Published Sep 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026