Headline
CVE-2021-21071: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe Animate version 21.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by a Memory Corruption vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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 file.
Security updates available for Adobe Animate | APSB21-21
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
ASPB21-21
March 09, 2021
3
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Animate. This update resolves multiple critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Animate
21.0.3 and earlier versions
Windows
Adobe Animate
20.5.1 and earlier versions
Windows
Solution
Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating 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
Availability
Adobe Animate
21.0.4
Windows and macOS
3
Download Center
Adobe Animate
20.5.2
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
CVE Numbers
Out-of-bounds read
Information Disclosure
Important
CVE-2021-21072
CVE-2021-21073
CVE-2021-21074
CVE-2021-21075
CVE-2021-21076
Buffer overflow
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
CVE-2021-21071
CVE-2021-21077
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank Yongjun Liu of nsfocus security team for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers
Revisions
June 23, 2018: Updated the affected version and solution version tables with LTS version details.