Adobe Character Animator up to 4.4 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Character Animator up to 4.4. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-40769. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Character Animator up to 4.4. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 03/16/2022 as apsb21-95. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-40769 since 09/08/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209377 (Adobe Character Animator 4.0.0 < 4.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-95) (macOS)), 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 (209377). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Character Animator

Version

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.3
CNA Vector (Adobe Systems Incorporated): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209377
Nessus Name: Adobe Character Animator 4.0.0 < 4.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-95) (macOS)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/08/2021 🔍
03/16/2022 +189 days 🔍
03/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/01/2025 +1142 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-95
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195227

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2022 20:38
Updated: 05/01/2025 14:10
Changes: 03/16/2022 20:38 (48), 03/19/2022 08:53 (1), 10/21/2024 20:05 (16), 05/01/2025 14:10 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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