CVE-2021-42269
Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Use After Free Remote Code Execution
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Nov 18, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2021
Description
Adobe Animate version 21.0.9 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of a malformed FLA file 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free (CWE-416)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AnimateAdobe |
|
References
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