CVE-2025-27204
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 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 · moderate confidenceAdobe After Effects contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows reading memory beyond allocated buffers. This can expose sensitive memory contents including addresses that help attackers bypass ASLR. Exploitation requires a victim to open a specially crafted 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< 24.6.5>= 25.0, < 25.2CVSS 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 installed After Effects version on WindowsOpen Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app, go to the 'Apps' tab, find After Effects in the installed apps list and note the version number displayedAffected if The displayed version is lower than 24.6.5, or is between 25.0 and 25.1.x inclusive
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Locate installed After Effects version on macOSOpen Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app, go to the 'Apps' tab, find After Effects in the installed apps list and note the version number displayedAffected if The displayed version is lower than 24.6.5, or is between 25.0 and 25.1.x inclusive
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Check version from Within After EffectsLaunch After Effects, go to Help > About After Effects. The version number appears in the dialog that opensAffected if The version shown is less than 24.6.5, or is 25.0, 25.1, or 25.1.x
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Check Windows Registry for versionOpen Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\After Effects\InstallPath\, or look in HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Adobe\After Effects\InstallPath\ for the version keyAffected if The Version value found is less than 24.6.5, or falls between 25.0 and 25.2 (exclusive)
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Verify macOS Application bundle versionIn Finder, navigate to /Applications/Adobe After Effects, right-click the app, select Show Package Contents, open Info.plist and look for CFBundleShortVersionStringAffected if The CFBundleShortVersionString value is below 24.6.5, or is 25.0, 25.1, or 25.1.x
Your environment is affected if the installed Adobe After Effects version is either below 24.6.5 or falls within the 25.0 to 25.1.x range.
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 · scoped24.6.525.2
Users should avoid opening files from untrusted sources and update to the latest version of After Effects once Adobe releases a patch for this vulnerability.
24.6.5 or 25.2
- Upgrade Adobe After Effects to version 24.6.5 or later for the 24.x release line
- Upgrade Adobe After Effects to version 25.2 or later for the 25.x release line
- Verify the installed version by opening After Effects and checking the About dialog
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-27204 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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