CVE-2026-34642
Published: 12 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-34642 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Adobe After Effects. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 8.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29613
Vulnerability details
After Effects versions 26.0, 25.6.4 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim…
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must open a malicious file.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Heap buffer overflow in desktop app enables client-side code execution via malicious file opened by user.
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Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.