CVE-2021-40765 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Character Animator versions 4.4 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS platforms. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can lead to arbitrary code execution if a user opens a specially crafted M4A file. While user interaction is required for exploitation, successful attacks could result in full compromise of the user's system. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit module, though it 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.
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