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CVE-2020-9650

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9650 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Adobe Media Encoder versions 14.2 and earlier. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, posing a high risk to system integrity. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, typically through a malicious file. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not under active, widespread exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 88th 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

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/media-encoder/apsb20-36.html
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-884
Third Party Advisory