CVE-2023-44325
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Animate versions 23.0.2 (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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe Animate versions 23.0.2 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows reading sensitive memory beyond allocated buffer boundaries. This information disclosure can leak memory addresses that enable attackers to bypass ASLR mitigation. Exploitation requires the victim to open a malicious file, making user interaction the delivery vector.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 23.0.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Adobe Animate version on WindowsOpen Windows Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Animate\ or check via Control Panel > Programs and Features > Adobe Animate > VersionAffected if Version listed is 23.0.2 or earlier
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Identify installed Adobe Animate version on macOSOpen Terminal and run: defaults read /Applications/Adobe\ Animate\*.app/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString, or right-click Adobe Animate.app > Get Info > VersionAffected if Version displayed is 23.0.2 or earlier
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Verify version via Animate UILaunch Adobe Animate and go to Help > About Adobe Animate to view the exact version number displayed in the splash screen or dialogAffected if Displayed version shows 23.0.2 or any earlier 23.x release, or any version prior to 23.0
You are affected if Adobe Animate version 23.0.2 or any earlier version is installed on your system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate Adobe Animate to the latest version (the vendor has released a fix for this vulnerability). As a defense-in-depth measure, train users to avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
Adobe Animate 23.1.0 or later (check Adobe's official security bulletin for the exact fixed version)
- Identify the current installed version of Adobe Animate by opening the application and navigating to Help > About Adobe Animate
- Close any running instances of Adobe Animate
- Back up any important project files (.fla, .xfl) before updating
- Download the latest version of Adobe Animate from the official Adobe website (adobe.com) or through the Creative Cloud desktop application
- Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation
- Verify the new version by checking Help > About Adobe Animate to confirm the update was successful
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-44325 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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