Adobe Animate <24.0.10 UK Use After Free RCE
CVE-2025-54279 Published on October 15, 2025
Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416)
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-54279 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2025-54279 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-54279
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Affected Versions
Adobe Animate:- Before and including 23.0.13, 24.0.10 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.