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Adobe After Effects < 24.6.3 / 25.0.0 < 25.1.0 Memory leak (APSB24-95) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212247

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 24.6.3, 25.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB24-95 advisory.

 - After Effects versions 24.6.2, 25.0.1 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
 Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
 (CVE-2024-49537)

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 24.6.3, 25.1.0 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb24-95.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212247

File Name: macos_adobe_after_effects_apsb24-95.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/10/2024

Updated: 12/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49537

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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: 12/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49537

CWE: 121