Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a low-severity Adobe After Effects file parsing issue. A user would need to open a malicious 3GP file. Successful exploitation could expose sensitive process memory and help weaken protections like ASLR, but the provided sources do not indicate active exploitation.
Executive priority
Handle through normal patch governance, with priority for media-production endpoints. This is not an emergency based on the supplied evidence, but it is relevant where users process externally supplied media files.
Technical view
CVE-2021-44194 is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read in Adobe After Effects 3GP file parsing. Affected versions are 22.0 and earlier, and 18.4.2 and earlier. CVSS 3.1 is 3.3 with local attack vector, required user interaction, low confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is mainly creative workstations running affected Adobe After Effects versions, especially users who receive or open 3GP media files from external or untrusted sources.
Exploitation context
The CVE record says exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file. CISA KEV is false in the supplied bundle, and no cited source claims exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The key constraints are user interaction and confidentiality-only impact. The bundle does not provide exploit-in-the-wild evidence or exact fixed build details, so remediation should be tied to Adobe APSB21-115 rather than inferred version targets.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Adobe After Effects installations and versions.
- Check Adobe APSB21-115 for fixed versions and update guidance.
- Prioritize updating systems running 22.0 or earlier, or 18.4.2 or earlier.
- Restrict opening untrusted 3GP files on creative workstations.
- Use normal endpoint controls for suspicious media attachments.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed After Effects versions are not affected releases.
- Verify Adobe advisory guidance has been applied on managed endpoints.
- Review software inventory for unmanaged creative workstations.
- Check whether teams receive 3GP files from external parties.
- Confirm user guidance covers suspicious media files.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 3.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N1.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
3.3LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-115.htmlCVE reference · vendor-advisory
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