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CVE-2021-40765

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:character_animator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/character_animator/apsb21-95.html
Vendor Advisory