Adobe Animate up to 23.0.13/24.0.10 File use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.13/24.0.10. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-54279. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Animate up to 23.0.13/24.0.10. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Animate versions 23.0.13, 24.0.10 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 victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-54279 since 07/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/19/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270359 (Adobe Animate 23.x < 23.0.15 / 24.x < 24.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-97)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202510-2278), Tenable (270359) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-34494). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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
• 23.0.12
• 23.0.13
• 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
• 24.0.9
• 24.0.10

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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