Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-42268Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Null Pointer Dereference Application Denial of Service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.5% 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 Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted FLA file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service 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	Animate	unspecified – through 21.0.9unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb21-105.html x_refsource_MISC