CVE-2025-27185
Adobe After Effects vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe After Effects versions 25.1, 24.6.4 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-27185. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 8, 2025, and was reported by Adobe Systems Incorporated (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). The vulnerability has the following vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating local access, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction is required for exploitation (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could result in an application denial-of-service condition. The attack can cause the application to crash, disrupting normal operations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in After Effects version 24.6.5. Users are advised to update to the latest version to mitigate this security issue (ManageEngine Database).

Additional resources


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