CVE-2024-47420
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 23.0.7, 24.0.4 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 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in its file parsing logic. When a user opens a specially crafted malicious file, the application reads memory beyond allocated buffer boundaries, exposing sensitive memory contents. This information disclosure can be leveraged to defeat ASLR mitigation, potentially facilitating further exploitation.
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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, < 23.0.8>= 24.0.0, < 24.0.5CVSS 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 is installedOn Windows, check for C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate *\Animate.exe or look in Add/Remove Programs. On macOS, check /Applications for Adobe Animate.appAffected if Adobe Animate software is present on the system
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Locate the Animate executable versionRight-click Animate.exe (Windows) or Animate.app (macOS), select Properties, and check the Details tab for Product Version. Alternatively, open Animate and go to Help > About Adobe Animate to display the version numberAffected if Version cannot be determined or does not match the installed product
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Compare installed version against affected rangesIf version is 23.x.x, verify it is less than 23.0.8. If version is 24.x.x, verify it is less than 24.0.5. Any version >= 23.0.0 but < 23.0.8, or >= 24.0.0 but < 24.0.5 is affectedAffected if Installed version falls within 23.0.0 through 23.0.7 (inclusive) OR 24.0.0 through 24.0.4 (inclusive)
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Confirm file parsing is accessibleVerify the application can open project files (.fla, .xfl, or supported image/video formats). The vulnerability triggers specifically when opening specially crafted malicious files through the file open dialogAffected if User can open files using File > Open, enabling the vulnerable parsing code path
If Adobe Animate version 23.0.0-23.0.7 or 24.0.0-24.0.4 is installed and the application can open files, the environment is vulnerable to this out-of-bounds read flaw.
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 · scoped23.0.824.0.5
Users should avoid opening files from untrusted sources. Organizations should deploy updated versions of Animate when released by Adobe, and consider compensating controls such as endpoint protection and user awareness training about file-based threats.
Adobe Animate 23.0.8 (for 23.x branch) or Adobe Animate 24.0.5 (for 24.x branch) or later
- 1. Close Adobe Animate if it is currently running
- 2. Open Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application
- 3. Navigate to the 'Apps' section
- 4. Find Adobe Animate in the list of installed applications
- 5. Click the 'Update' button next to Adobe Animate, or enable automatic updates
- 6. Wait for the update to download and install completely
- 7. Restart Adobe Animate and verify the 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-2024-47420 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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