CVE-2021-28601 LOW

CVE-2021-28601: Adobe After Effects NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product After Effects
Weakness CWE-476
Published August 24, 2021
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 24, 2021 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated