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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2021-42268 EUVD-2021-29244GHSA-5hv9-j8qv-9mvq

Adobe Animate FLA File Parsing Null Pointer Dereference Application Denial of Service

Published Nov 18, 2021 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

Description

Adobe Animate version 21.0.9 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted FLA file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Animate unspecified – ≤ 21.0.9, unspecified – ≤ None —

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