CVE-2025-27182
Adobe After Effects vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-27182 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Adobe After Effects versions 25.1, 24.6.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 8, 2025, and was reported by Adobe Systems Incorporated. This security flaw could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). The vulnerability's attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requires no privileges (PR:N), needs user interaction (UI:R), has an unchanged scope (S:U), and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The potential impact includes complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the user's context (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability through security updates. Users are advised to update their After Effects installations to the latest version to protect against potential threats (Hacker News).

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