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AnimateApplication · Adobe

CVE-2025-30329

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 23.0.12 / 24.0.9 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges

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 · unedited
Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption 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 · moderate confidence

Adobe Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier contain a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that can be triggered when a victim opens a maliciously crafted Animate file (such as .fla, .swf, or .xfl formats). The vulnerability causes the application to crash, resulting in denial-of-service. Successful exploitation requires user interaction in the form of opening the malicious file.

MitigationUsers should refrain from opening Animate files from untrusted or unknown sources. Organizations should update Adobe Animate to the latest version once the security patch is available, and implement controls to validate file sources before opening.

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
AnimateApplication
Affected:>= 23.0.0, < 23.0.12>= 24.0.0, < 24.0.9

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Find installed Adobe Animate version on Windows
    Open Windows Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Animate\24.0 (or 23.0) and read the Version value, or open Animate and go to Help > About Adobe Animate
    Affected if The version displayed is 23.0.0 through 23.0.11, or 24.0.0 through 24.0.8
  2. Find installed Adobe Animate version on macOS
    Open Finder, go to Applications, right-click Adobe Animate.app, select Get Info, and read the Version number under General
    Affected if The version displayed is 23.0.0 through 23.0.11, or 24.0.0 through 24.0.8
  3. Compare your version against affected ranges
    Determine if your installed version falls within 23.0.0 <= version < 23.0.12 OR 24.0.0 <= version < 24.0.9
    Affected if Your installed version is 23.0.0-23.0.11 or 24.0.0-24.0.8, placing it within the vulnerable range

You are affected if Adobe Animate is installed with version 23.0.0 through 23.0.11, or version 24.0.0 through 24.0.8, and you open untrusted .fla, .swf, or .xfl files.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 23.0.12 / 24.0.9 or later
Fixed in 23.0.1224.0.9
Interim mitigation

Users should refrain from opening Animate files from untrusted or unknown sources. Organizations should update Adobe Animate to the latest version once the security patch is available, and implement controls to validate file sources before opening.

Recommended fix High confidence

23.0.12 (for 23.x line) or 24.0.9 (for 24.x line)

  1. 1. Close Adobe Animate if currently running
  2. 2. Open a web browser and navigate to the Adobe Animate download page at helpx.adobe.com
  3. 3. Locate and download the appropriate updated version: for Animate 23.x line, download version 23.0.12 or later; for Animate 24.x line, download version 24.0.9 or later
  4. 4. Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the update
  5. 5. After installation, verify the version by opening Animate and checking Help > About Adobe Animate

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Animate Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
7.0 hours of engineering $1,240
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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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