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CVE-2021-28607

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-28607 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in Adobe After Effects versions 18.2 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS installations. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution if a user opens a specially crafted malicious file. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it requires user interaction and local access for exploitation, but could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 18.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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/after_effects/apsb21-49.html
Vendor Advisory