CVE-2022-24095
Adobe After Effects vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe After Effects versions 22.2 (and earlier) and 18.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-24095) that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 8, 2022, and requires user interaction where a victim must open a malicious file (Adobe Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8. The attack vector is Local (L), with Low attack complexity (L), requiring No privileges (N), and User interaction (R). The scope is Unchanged (U), with High impact on Confidentiality (H), Integrity (H), and Availability (H) (Adobe Security).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially execute malicious code with the same privileges as the user running the application (Adobe Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of After Effects to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Security).

Additional resources


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