Headline
CVE-2022-28819: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Character Animator versions 4.4.2 (and earlier) and 22.3 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious SVG file.
Security Updates Available for Adobe Character Animator | APSB22-21
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB22-21
May 10, 2022
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Character Animator for Windows and macOS. This update resolves a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Character Animator 2021
4.4.2 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Character Animator 2022
22.3 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
Product
Version
Platform
Priority Rating
Availability
Character Animator 2021
4.4.7
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
Character Animator 2022
22.4
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Numbers
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-28819
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Mat Powell working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2022-28819)
Revisions
- October 27th, 2021 - Updated acknowledgments for CVE-2021-40769
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected]
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Adobe Character Animator version 4.4.7 (and earlier) and 22.4 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.