CVE-2024-20794
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 23.0.4, 24.0.1 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause a system crash, resulting in a denial of service. 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 23.0.4, 24.0.1 and earlier contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that can be triggered when a user opens a specially crafted malicious file. The vulnerability causes the application to crash, resulting in denial of service.
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< 23.0.5>= 24.0.0, < 24.0.2CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 Adobe Animate installationOpen Adobe Animate and go to Help > About Adobe Animate, or check the application version in the installed program list (Control Panel > Programs and Features on Windows, or Applications folder on macOS)Affected if The version shown is 23.0.4 or earlier, or is 24.0.0 through 24.0.1
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Compare version against affected rangesIf you have the version number, compare it against the two affected ranges: versions below 23.0.5 (23.0.4 and earlier) OR versions 24.0.0 through 24.0.2 (specifically 24.0.0 and 24.0.1)Affected if Your installed version falls within either < 23.0.5 or >= 24.0.0 but < 24.0.2
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Assess file opening riskDetermine if Adobe Animate is used to open files from external or untrusted sources. The vulnerability is triggered when opening a specially crafted malicious .FLA or other Animate project filesAffected if You open Animate project files from sources you do not fully trust, and your version is in the affected range
You are affected if Adobe Animate version 23.0.4 or earlier, or version 24.0.0/24.0.1 is installed and you open project files from untrusted sources.
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 · scoped23.0.524.0.2
Update Adobe Animate to a version newer than 23.0.4/24.0.1 when a vendor patch becomes available. Until then, avoid opening files from untrusted sources.
Animate 23.0.5 or later, or 24.0.2 or later
- 1. Close Adobe Animate if currently running
- 2. Navigate to the official Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or Adobe Animate download page at adobe.com
- 3. Check for available updates to Adobe Animate
- 4. Download and install Adobe Animate version 23.0.5 or later (for the 23.x branch), or version 24.0.2 or later (for the 24.x branch)
- 5. Restart the application after installation
- 6. Verify the installed version by going to Help > About Adobe Animate
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-2024-20794 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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