Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Mar 04, 2022 09:48:21 AM GMT

Security Updates Available for Adobe After Effects | APSB22-09

Bulletin ID	Date Published	Priority
ASPB22-09	February 8, 2022	3

Summary

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

Affected Versions

Product	Version	Platform
Adobe After Effects	22.1.1 and earlier versions	Windows and macOS
Adobe After Effects	18.4.3 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	22.2	Windows and macOS	3	Download Center
Adobe After Effects	18.4.4	Windows and macOS	3	Download Center

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	CVSS vector	CVE Numbers
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)	Arbitrary code execution	Critical	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVE-2022-23200

Acknowledgements

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

Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-23200

Revisions:

December 17, 2021: CVSS Base Scores updated for CVE-2021-44190, CVE-2021-44191, CVE-2021-44192, CVE-2021-44193, CVE-2021-44194, CVE-2021-44195, CVE-2021-44188

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