CVE-2025-43557 json
Animate | Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)
published 2025-05-13 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14485
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.
Patch / fix
- adobe animate 23.0.12, 24.0.9
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% 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-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer
References
-
helpx.adobe.com
/security/products/animate/apsb25-42.html
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-43557
- NVD CVE-2025-43557
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