Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28601

Low

Published: 24 August 2021

Published
24 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0095 76.8th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28601 is a low-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Adobe After Effects. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.…

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Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
after effects
≤ 18.2

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References