CVE-2026-21319
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs
Summary
After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive information stored in memory. Exploitation requires user interaction – the victim must open a malicious file.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves possible disclosure of confidential data from application memory, which could lead to information security breach. The attack requires the user to open a malicious file.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update After Effects to the latest version with the fix. Users should also be educated not to open files from unknown sources.
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- CVE-2026-34690High
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Original NVD description (English source)
After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive information stored in memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.