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    CVE-2021-40751

    Adobe After Effects version 18.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .m4a file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.

    Published:Nov 18, 2021
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2025
    EPS:Nov 18, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.01725
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    After Effects
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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