What is CVE-2025-43557?

CVE-2025-43557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Animate, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-43557?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Animate

CVE-2025-43557

Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user intera…

EPSS: 0.001 (29.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Animate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-42.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43557?: CVE-2025-43557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Animate, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-43557?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.