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Adobe After Effects < 23.6.5 / 24.0 < 24.2 Memory leak (APSB24-09) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193104

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Synopsis

The Adobe After Effects instance installed on the remote host is affected by a memory leak vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 23.6.5, 24.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB24-09 advisory.

 - After Effects versions 24.1, 23.6.2 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2024-20737)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe After Effects version 23.6.5, 24.2 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb24-09.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193104

File Name: macos_adobe_after_effects_apsb24-09.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/9/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:after_effects

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe After Effects

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20737

CWE: 125

IAVA: 2024-A-0210-S