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CVE-2023-22236

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22236 is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 and earlier, and 23.0.0 and earlier, across Windows and macOS platforms. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction, specifically opening a malicious file, to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. While the potential impact is significant (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 22.0.0, <= 22.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:23.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 22.0.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 23.0.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:animate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/animate/apsb23-15.html
Vendor Advisory