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CVE-2024-20796 Adobe Animation SWF File Parsing Memory Corruption

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds read in Adobe Animate allows attackers to disclose sensitive memory and bypass ASLR when a victim opens a malicious file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-20796?

CVE-2024-20796 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Animate, published on 11 Apr 2024. 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

Animate versions 23.0.4, 24.0.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. 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-2024-20796?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Animate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-20796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Animate vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vj54-gx3v-3434.

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