CVE-2024-39382
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAfter Effects versions 23.6.6, 24.5 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe After Effects versions 23.6.6, 24.5 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. When a user opens a specially crafted malicious file, the application reads memory outside allocated bounds, potentially exposing sensitive data from the process memory space. This information disclosure can be leveraged to defeat security mitigations like ASLR.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 23.6.9>= 24.0, < 24.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed After Effects versionOpen After Effects, go to Help > About Adobe After Effects, or check the version in the Creative Cloud desktop app under the installed application detailsAffected if Version is 23.6.6, 24.5, or any version below 23.6.9, or between 24.0 and 24.5.x (before 24.6)
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Confirm file opening is the trigger vectorThis vulnerability is triggered only when After Effects opens a specially crafted malicious file - check if users routinely open files from untrusted or unknown sourcesAffected if Users open project files, footage, or assets from untrusted or unknown origins
You are affected if you run Adobe After Effects versions 23.6 through 23.6.8, or 24.0 through 24.5.x, and users in your environment open project files from untrusted sources.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped23.6.924.6
Apply the vendor security update from Adobe to the affected After Effects versions. Users should avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
After Effects 23.6.9 or 24.6 (and later)
- 1. Close any running instances of Adobe After Effects
- 2. Open Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or navigate to helpx.adobe.com
- 3. Locate After Effects in your installed applications
- 4. Check current version by opening After Effects and going to Help > About After Effects
- 5. If running version < 23.6.9 or between 24.0 and 24.5, initiate update through Creative Cloud or download the installer from Adobe's support page
- 6. Install version 23.6.9 or later for the 23.x branch, OR version 24.6 or later for the 24.x branch
- 7. Restart After Effects after update completes
- 8. Verify the new version by checking Help > About After Effects
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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