CVE-2020-9638
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful...
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
- Record
CVE-2020-9638- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
- Record
CVE-2020-9638- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30424 No score
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
- Record
EUVD-2020-30424- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwcj-r7mj-4rj4 No score
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful...
Adobe After Effects versions 17.1 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
- Record
GHSA-rwcj-r7mj-4rj4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9638 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adobe After Effects, published June 25, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.66%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.