Bulletin ID
Last updated on
16 May 2021
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Also applies to Digital Editions
Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB20-62
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Date Published |
Priority |
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ASPB20-62 |
October 20, 2020 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe After Effects for Windows and macOS. This update addresses critical vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
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Adobe After Effects |
17.1.1 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 |
17.1.3 |
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
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVE Numbers |
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Out-of-Bounds Read |
Arbitrary Code Execution |
Critical |
CVE-2020-24418 |
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Uncontrolled search path |
Arbitrary Code Execution |
Critical |
CVE-2020-24419 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs. (CVE-2020-24418)
- Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT(CVE-2020-24419)