Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB23-75

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB23-75

December 12, 2023    

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe After Effects for Windows and macOS.  This update addresses  critical and moderate security vulnerabilities.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory leak in the context of the current user.         

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe After Effects

24.0.3 and earlier versions     

Windows and macOS

Adobe After Effects

23.6.0 and earlier versions     

Windows and macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism.  For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority Rating

Availability

Adobe After Effects

24.1

Windows and macOS

3

Adobe After Effects

23.6.2

Windows and macOS

3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2023-48632

Use After Free (CWE-416)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2023-48633

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2023-48634

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Moderate

3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2023-48635

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative  - CVE-2023-48632, CVE-2023-48633, CVE-2023-48634, CVE-2023-48635

NOTE: Adobe has a private, invite-only, bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please fill out this form for next steps.


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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