CVE-2021-40755

HIGH

Adobe After Effects <18.4.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious SGI file in the DoReadContinue function, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 76.1%
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-119 CWE-788
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/after_effects < 18.4.1
Published Nov 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026