Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to address 18 critical flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable versions of Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, and Audition on Windows and macOS devices. 18 of the security flaws patched today are all rated as Critical, could lead to arbitrary code execution following successful exploitation, and were reported by researchers at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Honggang Ren, Kushal Arvind Shah, and Yonghui Han) and by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.