Adobe Animate up to 21.0.6 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Animate up to 21.0.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-28629. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Animate up to 21.0.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 08/25/2021 as apsb21-50. The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-28629. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209430 (Adobe Animate 21.x < 21.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-50)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209430). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Animate

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209430
Nessus Name: Adobe Animate 21.x < 21.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-50)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/16/2021 🔍
08/25/2021 +161 days 🔍
08/25/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2025 +1347 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-50
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-28629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-181424

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2021 09:09
Updated: 05/03/2025 12:29
Changes: 08/25/2021 09:09 (37), 08/27/2021 00:23 (2), 08/27/2021 00:32 (1), 10/27/2024 00:48 (16), 05/03/2025 12:29 (3)
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