Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-42266Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Animate from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Animate version 21.0.9 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious FLA file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Animate unspecified – through 21.0.9unspecified – 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

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