7.8

CVE-2025-54279: adobe animate Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 15-10-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54279 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in adobe animate. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Animate versions 23.0.13, 24.0.10 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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 file.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Adobe1 product
  • animate≤ 23.0.13, 24.0.10 | ≥ 23.0.0, < 23.0.15 | ≥ 24.0.0, < 24.0.12

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links