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TI-2021-18811 Aliases CVE-2021-42525GHSA-w963-p4h4-878h

Adobe Animate SVG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Priority LOW 19CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Acrobat Animate versions 21.0.9 (and earlier)is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01672 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AdobeAnimateup to 21.0.9; up to None—No fix listedCNA
  • Animate VendorAdobe Affected up to 21.0.9; up to None Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 21.0.9VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 21.0.9 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-42525
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w963-p4h4-878h

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2016-06610 Memory corruption in Adobe Animate 15.2.1.95 and earlier CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09690 Adobe Animate heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-04183 Adobe Animate heap-based overflow vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-09699 Adobe Animate heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-04177 Adobe Animate memory corruption vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-18706 Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Use After Free Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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