Product
Security update available for Adobe Animate
Release date: December 13, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: APSB16-38
Priority: 3
CVE number: CVE-2016-7866
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Animate for Windows and Macintosh. This update resolves a critical memory corruption vulnerability.
Affected versions
|  | Affected version | Platform | 
| Adobe Animate | 15.2.1.95 and earlier versions | Windows and Macintosh | 
Solution
Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
| Product | Updated version | Platform | Priority rating | Availability | 
| Adobe Animate | 16.0.0.112 | Windows and Macintosh | 3 | 
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability Details
This update resolves a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2016-7866).
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank John Page (hyp3rlinx) for reporting this issue (CVE-2016-7866) and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.