Advisory Details

December 21st, 2021

Adobe After Effects JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-21-1559
ZDI-CAN-15149

CVE ID CVE-2021-44189
CVSS SCORE 3.3, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS After Effects
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe After Effects. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-115.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-09-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2021-12-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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