CVE-2024-20762
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 · uneditedAnimate versions 24.0, 23.0.3 and earlier are 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 24.0, 23.0.3 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows disclosure of sensitive memory contents. This memory disclosure can be weaponized to defeat ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) as an information leakage primitive. Exploitation requires the victim to open a specially crafted malicious file.
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>= 23.0.0, < 23.0.4= 24.0.0CVSS 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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Verify Adobe Animate installationCheck for Adobe Animate installation: On Windows, look in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2024 or similar paths, or check Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for Adobe Animate entry. On macOS, check /Applications for Adobe Animate.appAffected if Adobe Animate is installed on the system
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Determine installed Animate versionRight-click the Animate executable (or Animate.exe) and select Properties, then view the Details tab for the Product Version field. Alternatively, launch Animate and go to Help > About Adobe Animate to display the exact version numberAffected if Version displays as 23.0.0, 23.0.1, 23.0.2, 23.0.3, or 24.0.0
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare your installed version to the known vulnerable versions: 23.0.0 through 23.0.3 and 24.0.0 are affected. Versions 23.0.4 and later, or any version newer than 24.0.0, are not listed as affected in this CVEAffected if Installed version falls within 23.0.0-23.0.3 or equals exactly 24.0.0
Your environment is affected if Adobe Animate is installed and the installed version is 23.0.0 through 23.0.3 or specifically version 24.0.0.
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 · scoped23.0.4
Apply the vendor-supplied security patch from Adobe to update Animate to a patched version. Until patched, instruct users to avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
Adobe Animate 23.0.4 or later (for 23.x branch); Adobe Animate 24.0.1 or later (for 24.x branch)
- 1. Close any running instances of Adobe Animate
- 2. Back up any existing project files as a precaution
- 3. Uninstall the current version of Adobe Animate if desired, or proceed directly to install the updated version
- 4. Download Adobe Animate version 23.0.4 or later from the official Adobe website (or use Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application to update)
- 5. Install the updated version following the on-screen prompts
- 6. Verify the installed version matches the expected patched release
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-2024-20762 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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