Adobe Animate up to 23.0.11/24.0.8 out-of-bounds write

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.11/24.0.8. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-30328. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.11/24.0.8. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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 victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-30328 since 03/20/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235862 (Adobe Animate 23.x < 23.0.12 / 24.x < 24.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-42)), 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 (235862). 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
• 23.0.11
• 24.0.0
• 24.0.1
• 24.0.2
• 24.0.3
• 24.0.4
• 24.0.5
• 24.0.6
• 24.0.7
• 24.0.8

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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