Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-36000Adobe Character Animator Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Character Animator (Preview 4) from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Character Animator version 4.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Character Animator (Preview 4)	unspecified – through 4.2unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-788 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/security/products/character_animator/apsb21-59.html x_refsource_MISC