CVE-2020-9638 is a heap overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier, impacting both Adobe and Microsoft Windows environments. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite no active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.