Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB23-02

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB23-02

February 14, 2023    

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe After Effects for Windows and macOS.  This update addresses  critical and important security vulnerabilities.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory leak in the context of the current user.         

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe After Effects

23.1 and earlier versions     

Windows and macOS

Adobe After Effects

22.6.3 and earlier versions     

Windows and macOS

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.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority Rating

Availability

Adobe After Effects

23.2

Windows and macOS

3

Adobe After Effects

22.6.4

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.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2023-22233

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-2023-22237

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-2023-22238

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-2023-22239

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:  

  • Mat Powell with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2023-22233, CVE-2023-22237, CVE-2023-22238, CVE-2023-22239


Revisions: 

December 17, 2021: CVSS Base Scores updated for CVE-2021-44190, CVE-2021-44191, CVE-2021-44192, CVE-2021-44193, CVE-2021-44194, CVE-2021-44195, CVE-2021-44188









     

 

 

 


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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