CVE-2021-40764 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Character Animator versions 4.4 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS platforms. This flaw, triggered by parsing a malicious M4A file, could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. Rated High (CVSS 7.8), it requires user interaction to exploit, but successful exploitation could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:character_animator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.