Bulletin ID
Last updated on
May 19, 2022
Security Updates Available for Adobe Character Animator | APSB22-21
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB22-21 |
May 10, 2022 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Character Animator for Windows and macOS. This update resolves a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
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Character Animator 2021 |
4.4.2 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
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Character Animator 2022 |
22.3 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings 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.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority Rating |
Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Character Animator 2021 |
4.4.7 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Character Animator 2022 |
22.4 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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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
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2022-28819 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Mat Powell working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2022-28819)
Revisions
- October 27th, 2021 - Updated acknowledgments for CVE-2021-40769
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com
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