CVE-2024-52990: adobe animate Buffer Underflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-52990 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Buffer Underflow vulnerability in adobe animate. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Animate versions 23.0.8, 24.0.5 and earlier are affected by a Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to manipulate memory in such a way that they could execute code under the privileges of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

• CWE-124Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')The product writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.