Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Animate | APSB23-61

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB23-61

November 14, 2023   

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Animate. This update resolves an important vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak in the context of the current user.        

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Animate 2023

23.0.2 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS

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  2023     

23.0.3

Windows and macOS

3

Download Center     

Adobe Animate  2024   

24.0

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 

CVE Numbers

Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Memory leak

Important

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2023-44325

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative  - CVE-2023-44325

NOTE: Adobe has a private, invite-only, bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please fill out this form for next steps.

Revisions

November 17, 2023: Solution for Version 24.0 revised to Adobe Animate 2024 from Adobe Animate 2023.



For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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