CVE-2024-47444
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 23.6.9, 24.6.2 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 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in versions 23.6.9, 24.6.2 and earlier that allows reading memory beyond allocated buffers. This can expose sensitive memory contents and potentially bypass ASLR security mitigations. Exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file.
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, < 24.6.3CVSS 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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Locate After Effects installationOpen Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app and navigate to the 'Apps' tab to confirm After Effects is installedAffected if After Effects appears in your installed Adobe applications
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Find the installed version numberIn Creative Cloud, click the three-dot menu next to After Effects and select 'Version' to view the exact version, or open After Effects and go to Help > About After EffectsAffected if A version number such as 23.x.x or 24.x.x is displayed
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Compare version to affected rangesCheck if your installed version is 23.6.9 or lower, OR between 24.0 and 24.6.2 inclusive. These are the vulnerable versions per the CVEAffected if Version falls within <= 23.6.9 OR >= 24.0 through < 24.6.3
If your After Effects version is 23.6.9 or earlier, or between 24.0 and 24.6.2 inclusive, your environment is affected and the vulnerability could trigger if you open a malicious file.
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 · scoped24.6.3
Update After Effects to the latest patched version. Avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
Version 24.6.3 or later for the 24.x release line
- Open Adobe After Effects and navigate to Help > About After Effects to confirm the current version number
- If the version is 23.6.9 or earlier, or between 24.0 and 24.6.2, proceed to update
- Open Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or visit the official Adobe downloads page at adobe.com
- Navigate to the After Effects application and click Update or Download to install the latest version
- Restart After Effects after the update completes
- Verify the installed version by going to Help > About After Effects to confirm the vulnerability is patched
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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-47444 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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