CVE-2021-36001 Adobe Character Animator PNG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

What is CVE-2021-36001?

CVE-2021-36001 is a low-severity vulnerability in Adobe Character Animator (Preview 4), published on 20 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Adobe Character Animator version 4.2 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36001?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Character Animator.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36001?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-36001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Character Animator (Preview 4)

• CVE-2022-34241 Adobe Character Animator SVG File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 7.8
• CVE-2022-34242 Adobe Character Animator SVG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 7.8
• CVE-2022-28819 Adobe Character Animator SVG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 7.8
• CVE-2021-40763 Adobe Character Animator Memory Corruption could lead to Arbitrary code execution High 7.8
• CVE-2021-40764 Adobe Character Animator Memory Corruption could lead to Arbitrary code execution High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-px57-xh6g-cqjm.