What is CVE-2025-49561?

CVE-2025-49561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Animate, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-49561?

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

Use After Free in Adobe Animate

CVE-2025-49561

Animate versions 23.0.12, 24.0.9 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a vi…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.001 (18.0th 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-416 — Use After Free

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-73.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-49561?: CVE-2025-49561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Animate, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-49561?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.