CVE-2025-43557

Code execution via uninitialized pointer access

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated May 13, 2025

Uninitialized-pointer access in Adobe Animate 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a malicious file. Adobe identifies the defect class but has not published the affected parser, file format, or operation that leaves the pointer uninitialized. Exploitation requires a user to open the file, and resulting code runs with the current user's privileges.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uninitialized-pointer access in Adobe Animate 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a malicious file. Adobe identifies the defect class but has not published the affected parser, file format, or operation that leaves the pointer uninitialized. Exploitation requires a user to open the file, and resulting code runs with the current user's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-43557
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
May 13, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Adobe Animate
Classifications
CWE-824, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=23.0.11

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · Adobe Animateversion=0 <=23.0.11

Published CVSS scores

7.8AdobeCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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