SecPod

Learn Search

Search across all Learn content

← Back to Security Research
Adobe Critical Security Updates December 2021

Adobe Critical Security Updates December 2021

Adobe security update December 2021, they have released security updates providing fixes for 28 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, etc. A total of 60 security vulnerabilities have been patched in this release using a patch manager. However, most of these vulner...

Dec 15, 2021By Gourav Shrivastava3 min read

Adobe security update December 2021, they have released security updates providing fixes for 28 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, etc. A total of 60 security vulnerabilities have been patched in this release using a patch manager. However, most of these vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution on successful exploitation. Moreover, these flaws mainly affect Windows and macOS platforms.

In Adobe Security Update December 2021, Adobe Premiere Rush received fixes for 11 critical vulnerabilities. Adobe Experience Manager received fixes for 6 critical vulnerabilities, Adobe Dimension received fixes for 3 critical vulnerabilities, Adobe Media Encounter, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Photoshop received fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, Adobe Prelude and Adobe Premiere Pro received fixes for one critical vulnerability each.

Adobe Security Bulletin Summary for December 2021

Product: Adobe Premiere RushAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-101Severity: Critical and ImportantAffected Version: 1.5.16 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution, Application denial-of-service, and Privilege escalation

Product: Adobe Experience ManagerAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-103Severity: Critical and ImportantAffected Version: AEM Cloud Service (CS), 6.5.10.0 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Security feature bypass

Product: Adobe ConnectAdvisory/CVEs:APSB21-112Severity:  ImportantAffected Version: 11.3 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary file system write

Product: Adobe PhotoshopAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-113Severity:  Critical and ImportantAffected Version: Photoshop 2021 – 22.5.3 and earlier version, Photoshop 2022 – 23.0.2 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Memory leak

Product: Adobe PreludeAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-114Severity:  Critical and ImportantAffected Version: 22.0  and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Privilege escalation

Some more products of Adobe Update December 2021

Product: Adobe After EffectsAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-115Severity:  Critical, Important, and ModerateAffected Version: Adobe After Effects – 22.0 and  earlier versions, Adobe After Effects – 18.4.2 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Privilege escalation

Product: Adobe  DimensionAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-116Severity:  Critical, Important, and ModerateAffected Version: 3.4.3 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Privilege escalation

Product: Adobe Premiere ProAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-117Severity:  Critical and ModerateAffected Version: Adobe Premiere Pro – 22.0 and earlier versions, Adobe Premiere Pro – 15.4.2 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Privilege escalation

Product: Adobe Media EncoderAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-118Severity:  Critical and ModerateAffected Version: Adobe Media Encoder – 22.0 and earlier versions, Adobe Media Encoder – 15.4.2 and earlier versionsImpact: Arbitrary code execution and Privilege escalation

Product: Adobe LightroomAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-119Severity:  ImportantAffected Version: 4.4 and earlier versionsImpact: Privelege escalation

Product: Adobe AuditionAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-121Severity:  ModerateAffected Version: Adobe Audition – 22.0 and earlier versions, Adobe Audition – 14.4 and earlier versionsImpact: Privelege escalation

This is Adobe Security Update December 2021

SanerNow VM detects these vulnerabilities. To conclude, Use SanerNow and keep your systems updated and secure.

Featured Posts

Open WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT: Citrix NetScaler Zero-Days Exploited to Plant Root Web Shells and Internal Tunnels
WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT: Citrix NetScaler Zero-Days Exploited to Plant Root Web Shells and Internal Tunnels

CVE Research

WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT: Citrix NetScaler Zero-Days Exploited to Plant Root Web Shells and Internal Tunnels

Oct 1, 2026

Open OpenSSL’s DTLS State Handling Error Opens the Door to Heap Data Exposure
OpenSSL’s DTLS State Handling Error Opens the Door to Heap Data Exposure

CVE Research

OpenSSL’s DTLS State Handling Error Opens the Door to Heap Data Exposure

Oct 1, 2026

Open Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Critical WSO2 and Adobe Flaws Show 1-Day vs. 133-Day Exploitation Window , September 24, 2026 KEV Additions
Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Critical WSO2 and Adobe Flaws Show 1-Day vs. 133-Day Exploitation Window , September 24, 2026 KEV Additions

CVE Research

Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Critical WSO2 and Adobe Flaws Show 1-Day vs. 133-Day Exploitation Window , September 24, 2026 KEV Additions

Two critical vulnerabilities added to CISA KEV on September 24, 2026 reveal sharply different exploitation timelines. CVE-2026-71362 saw publicly documented exploitation roughly one day after Adobe's patch release, while CVE-2026-5430 had a 133-day vendor-remediation-to-observed-exploitation interval.

Oct 1, 2026

Open Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Same-Week KEV Additions, Year-Apart Patch Dates - Linux Kernel, September 18, 2026
Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Same-Week KEV Additions, Year-Apart Patch Dates - Linux Kernel, September 18, 2026

CVE Research

Patch Analysis & Exploitation Timeline: Same-Week KEV Additions, Year-Apart Patch Dates - Linux Kernel, September 18, 2026

Three Linux kernel vulnerabilities entered CISA’s KEV catalog on September 18, 2026, although their Linux 6.12 fixes were available 91–386 days earlier. This analysis separates patch availability, CVE publication, and known-exploitation status without treating KEV dates as first-attack dates.

Sep 28, 2026