Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Oct 15, 2021
Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB21-54
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Date Published |
Priority |
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ASPB21-54 |
July 20, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
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Adobe After Effects |
18.2.1 and earlier versions |
Windows |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority Rating |
Availability |
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Adobe After Effects |
18.4 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Adobe After Effects |
17.7.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Note:
CVE-2021-35996 is resolved in Adobe After Effects version 18.4 and later.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
Arbitrary file system read |
Moderate |
3.3 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2021-36018 CVE-2021-36019 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-36017 |
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Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-35993 CVE-2021-35994 |
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Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-35995 |
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-35996 |
Acknowledgements
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (yjdfy) (CVE-2021-35996)
- Mat Powell (@mrpowell) & Joshua Smith (@kernelsmith) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-35994, CVE-2021-35993)
- Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-35995, CVE-2021-36017, CVE-2021-36018)
- Qiao Li Of Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-36019)
Revisions
August 03, 2021: Updated acknowledgements for CVE-2021-35993
October 15, 2021: Added row for the N-1 version.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.
