CVE-2020-9646 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Adobe Media Encoder versions 14.2 and earlier. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, likely requiring user interaction (UI:R) to deliver a malicious file. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.