CVE-2021-42524

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Adobe Animate version 21.0.9 (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 BMP file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 18, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-42524: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix