CVE-2019-8246 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Adobe Media Encoder versions 13.1 and earlier have an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Published: 2019-11-14

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

Adobe Media Encoder

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`13.1 and earlier versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01707.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb19-52.html

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Adobe Media Encoder

Apple Macos

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2019-11-14T15:34:15.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T17:09:29.163Z

Reserved: 2019-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-8246

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:17:30.058Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-14T16:15:16.077

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:15:53.883

Link: CVE-2019-8246

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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