Adobe Animate SVG file Stack-based Buffer Overflow Arbitrary code execution

published 2023-02-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-26407

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability 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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-03-05)

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Adobe Animate

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/animate/apsb23-15.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-22243
NVD CVE-2023-22243

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Summary