CVE-2021-42269 Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Use After Free Remote Code Execution

2021-10-2600:00:00

CWE-416

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe animate

fla file

parsing

remote code execution

vulnerability

user interaction

cve-2021-42269

arbitrary code execution

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.013

Percentile

85.9%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Animate",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "21.0.9",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]