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CVE-2025-49561: Adobe Animate · Use After Free

Affects Adobe AnimateSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Adobe AnimateAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-49561 effectively, organizations should: 1) Monitor Adobe’s official channels for patches and apply updates promptly once available. 2) Implement strict file validation and sandboxing for Animate files, especially those received from untrusted sources. 3) Educate users about the risks of opening unsolicited or suspicious multimedia files and encourage verification of file origins. 4) Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions capable of identifying anomalous behaviors related to memory corruption exploits. 5) Restrict local user privileges to minimize the impact of code execution under user context. 6) Use network segmentation to limit lateral movement if a system is compromised. 7) Consider disabling or restricting Adobe Animate usage in environments where it is not essential. 8) Maintain regular backups of critical creative assets to enable recovery in case of data loss or corruption. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on proactive user education, technical controls specific to file handling, and environment hardening tailored to the nature of this vulnerability.

Description

Animate versions 23.0.12, 24.0.9 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.

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