Adobe issues security updates for 41 vulnerabilities in 10 products

Adobe has released a giant Patch Tuesday security update release that fixes vulnerabilities in ten applications, including Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Photoshop.

The complete list of Adobe Products receiving security updates today and the number of fixed vulnerabilities are below:

APSB21-36 | Adobe Connect: 1 Important vulnerability was fixed. APSB21-37 | Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 5 Critical vulnerabilities were fixed. APSB21-38 | Adobe Photoshop: 2 Critical vulnerabilities were fixed. APSB21-39 | Adobe Experience Manager: 3 Important, and 1 Moderate vulnerabilities were fixed. APSB21-41 | Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application: 1 Critical and 1 Important vulnerability was fixed. APSB21-44 | Adobe RoboHelp Server: 1 Critical vulnerability was fixed. APSB21-46 | Adobe Photoshop Elements: 1 Important vulnerability was fixed. APSB21-47 | Adobe Premiere Elements: 1 Important vulnerability was fixed. APSB21-49 | Adobe After Effects: 8 Critical, 7 Important, and 1 Moderate vulnerabilities were fixed. APSB21-50 | Adobe Animate: 4 Critical, 3 Important, and 1 Moderate vulnerabilities were fixed.

In total, there were 41 vulnerabilities fixed.

Out of all the Adobe security updates released today, Adobe After Effects had the most fixes, with 16 vulnerabilities.

Install updates immediately

While there were no known actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, Adobe advises customers to update to the latest versions as soon as possible.

This urgency is because threat actors can compare older versions of the software with the patched versions to determine what code is vulnerable and create exploits to target these vulnerabilities.

In most cases, users can update their software by using the auto-update feature of the product using the following steps:

By going to Help > Check for Updates. The full update installers can be downloaded from Adobe's Download Center. Let the products update automatically, without requiring user intervention, when updates are detected.

If the new update is not available via autoupdate, you can check the security bulletins linked above for the latest download links.