CVE-2022-27784: Adobe After Effects

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe After Effects versions 22.2.1 (and earlier) and 18.4.5 (and earlier) are affected by a stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file in After Effects.

Affected products

• Adobe After Effects: up to and including 18.4.5; from 22.0, up to and including 22.2.1

Published 2022-05-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.