CVE-2025-27202
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Animate versions 24.0.7, 23.0.10 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow attackers to read sensitive memory contents and potentially bypass ASLR protections. Users who open malicious Animate files are affected by this vulnerability.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Animate
📦 What is this software?
Animate by Adobe
Animate by Adobe
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Memory disclosure leading to ASLR bypass enabling more sophisticated attacks like remote code execution
Likely Case
Information disclosure of memory contents, potentially revealing sensitive data
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper file handling policies and updated software
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction to open a malicious file
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 24.0.8 and 23.0.11
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-31.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application
2. Navigate to 'Apps' section
3. Find Adobe Animate and click 'Update'
4. Restart computer after update completes
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Animate file execution
allBlock execution of .fla and .xfl files via application control policies
User awareness training
allTrain users not to open Animate files from untrusted sources
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement application control to block Animate execution
- Use email filtering to block Animate file attachments
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Adobe Animate version via Help > About Adobe AnimateCheck Version:
On Windows: wmic product where name="Adobe Animate" get version
On macOS: /Applications/Adobe\ Animate\ 2024/Adobe\ Animate\ 2024.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Animate\ 2024 --versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 24.0.8 or higher, or 23.0.11 or higher📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Animate crash logs with memory access violations
- Unexpected Animate process spawning
Network Indicators:
- Downloads of Animate files from suspicious sources
SIEM Query:
process_name:"Animate.exe" AND (event_type:"process_crash" OR file_extension:".fla" OR file_extension:".xfl")