CVE-2021-40764 (GCVE-0-2021-40764)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-16 14:02
Modified
2025-04-23 18:51
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-788 - Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer ()
Summary
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.
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