Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe After Effects

CVE-2021-28587

After Effects versions 18.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-28587: held from 0.023 to 0.021.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.021 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28587?
CVE-2021-28587 is a low-severity vulnerability in Adobe After Effects, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-28587?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.