CVE-2021-42269: Adobe Animate

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Animate version 21.0.9 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of a malformed FLA file 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.

Affected products

• Adobe Animate: up to and including 21.0.9

Published 2021-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.