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After EffectsApplication · Adobe

CVE-2025-27186

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-08
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 24.6.5 / 25.2 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges

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 · unedited
After Effects versions 25.1, 24.6.4 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 confidence

After Effects contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability where parsing a malicious file allows reading memory beyond allocated buffers. This can expose sensitive memory contents including addresses that can be used to defeat ASLR, enabling more reliable exploitation of other vulnerabilities.

MitigationUpdate After Effects to the latest patched version. Educate users to avoid opening files from untrusted sources, as exploitation requires user interaction.

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
After EffectsApplication
Affected:< 24.6.5>= 25.0, < 25.2

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if After Effects is installed
    Look for Adobe After Effects in the Start Menu (Windows) or Applications folder (macOS), or check the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application under the Apps tab.
    Affected if After Effects is not installed on the system
  2. Find the installed After Effects version
    Open After Effects and navigate to Help > About After Effects (Windows) or After Effects > About After Effects (macOS). Alternatively, open the Adobe Creative Cloud app and view the version listed for After Effects in the Apps section.
    Affected if Unable to determine the version number
  3. Compare version to affected ranges
    If the installed version is 24.x, verify it is 24.6.5 or higher. If it is 25.x, verify it is 25.2 or higher. Versions below these thresholds are affected.
    Affected if Version is less than 24.6.5, OR version is 25.0 through 25.2 (exclusive of 25.2)
  4. Assess exposure to malicious files
    Determine if users in the environment open project files (.aep), footage files, or other assets from untrusted or unknown sources, as exploitation requires a user to open a maliciously crafted file.
    Affected if Users routinely open project files or assets from untrusted sources

The environment is affected if After Effects is installed with a version below 24.6.5 or between 25.0 and 25.2, and users could be persuaded to open files from untrusted sources.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 24.6.5 / 25.2 or later
Fixed in 24.6.525.2
Interim mitigation

Update After Effects to the latest patched version. Educate users to avoid opening files from untrusted sources, as exploitation requires user interaction.

Recommended fix High confidence

After Effects 24.6.5 (for 24.x track) or After Effects 25.2 (for 25.x track)

  1. Check the current installed version of After Effects by opening the application and navigating to Help > About After Effects
  2. Identify which release track you are on: version 24.x (2024) or version 25.x (2025)
  3. For After Effects 24.x users: Upgrade to version 24.6.5 or later
  4. For After Effects 25.x users: Upgrade to version 25.2 or later
  5. Download the updated version from get.adobe.com or the Creative Cloud desktop application
  6. Install the update and restart After Effects
  7. Verify the installed version matches the fixed release
Caveat Standard Adobe update; ensure project compatibility and check for any new system requirements

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in After Effects Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
8.0 hours of engineering $1,420
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