CVE-2021-40764 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Character Animator version 4.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a M4A file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00889.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Character Animator
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:character_animator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/character_animator/apsb21-95.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-03-16T14:02:51.940Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:51:50.113Z

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40764

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.894Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-16T15:15:13.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:44.057

Link: CVE-2021-40764

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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