Adobe Animate up to 23.0.10/24.0.7 out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.10/24.0.7. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27202. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.10/24.0.7. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Animate versions 24.0.7, 23.0.10 and earlier are 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.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-27202 since 02/19/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 234009 (Adobe Animate 23.x < 23.0.11 / 24.x < 24.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-31)), 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 (234009). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Animate

Version

• 23.0.0
• 23.0.1
• 23.0.2
• 23.0.3
• 23.0.4
• 23.0.5
• 23.0.6
• 23.0.7
• 23.0.8
• 23.0.9
• 23.0.10
• 24.0.0
• 24.0.1
• 24.0.2
• 24.0.3
• 24.0.4
• 24.0.5
• 24.0.6
• 24.0.7

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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