Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Animate
CVE-2021-42525
Acrobat Animate versions 21.0.9 (and earlier)is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Animate — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb21-105.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-42525?
- CVE-2021-42525 is a low-severity vulnerability in Adobe Animate, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-11-18.
- How severe is CVE-2021-42525?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.