High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-40755
CVE-2021-40755
Description
Adobe After Effects version 18.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious SGI file in the DoReadContinue function, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected products
3unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=18.4.1
- (no CPE)range: <=18.4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-79.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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