Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28606
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-49.html