CVE-2025-43587
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe After Effects that could allow an attacker to read sensitive memory contents. Successful exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file, potentially bypassing ASLR protections. Users of affected After Effects versions are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe After Effects
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could read sensitive memory contents, potentially bypassing ASLR to enable further exploitation or leak confidential information from the application's memory space.
Likely Case
Information disclosure through memory content leakage, which could be used to gather intelligence for more sophisticated attacks against the system.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper file handling controls and user awareness about opening untrusted files.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (opening malicious file) and knowledge of memory layout. No public exploits known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Update to After Effects 25.3 or later, or 24.6.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb25-49.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application. 2. Navigate to 'Apps' tab. 3. Find After Effects and click 'Update'. 4. Restart After Effects after update completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file opening
allOnly open After Effects files from trusted sources and avoid opening files from unknown or untrusted origins.
Application sandboxing
allRun After Effects in a sandboxed environment to limit potential impact of exploitation.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict file handling policies to prevent opening untrusted After Effects files
- Use application whitelisting to restrict execution of After Effects to specific trusted directories
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check After Effects version via Help > About After Effects menu. If version is 25.2, 24.6.6 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
On Windows: Check version in Help > About After Effects. On macOS: After Effects > About After Effects.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify After Effects version is 25.3 or later, or 24.6.7 or later after applying update.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected application crashes
- Memory access violation errors in application logs
Network Indicators:
- No network indicators - exploitation is local file-based
SIEM Query:
EventID 1000 (Application Error) for AfterEffects.exe with exception code 0xc0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION)