CVE-2025-54270: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability (CVE-2025-54270) affects Adobe Animate versions 23.0.13, 24.0.10 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 14, 2025. The affected systems include Adobe Animate 2023 (23.0.13 and earlier versions) and Adobe Animate 2024 (24.0.10 and earlier versions) running on both Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS platforms (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (Medium). The attack vector is Local (L), with Low attack complexity (L), requiring No privileges (N) and User interaction (R). The scope is Unchanged (U), with High confidentiality impact (H), but No impact on integrity (N) or availability (N) (NVD).

The vulnerability could lead to memory exposure, allowing an attacker to disclose sensitive memory information. The exploitation requires user interaction, specifically requiring a victim to open a malicious file (NVD).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Adobe Animate installations to versions newer than 23.0.13 for Animate 2023 and 24.0.10 for Animate 2024. The updates should be applied immediately after appropriate testing (CIS Advisory).

The vulnerability was discovered and reported by security researcher Francis Provencher (prl) through Adobe's public bug bounty program (Adobe Security).