Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Sep 13, 2022 03:09:56 PM GMT

Security updates available for Adobe Animate | APSB22-54

Bulletin ID	Date Published	Priority
ASPB22-54	September 13, 2022	3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Animate. This update resolves critical vulnerabilities.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.       

Affected Versions

Product	Version	Platform
Adobe Animate 2021	21.0.11 and earlier versions	Windows and macOS
Adobe Animate 2022	22.0.7 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 2021	21.0.12	Windows and macOS	3	Download Center
Adobe Animate  2022	22.0.8	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	CVSS vector	CVE Numbers
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)	Arbitrary code execution	Critical	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVE-2022-38411
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)	Arbitrary code execution	Critical	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVE-2022-38412

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-2022-38411, CVE-2022-38412)

Revisions

June 21, 2022: Revision to affected versions table.

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