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CVE-2020-9683

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9683 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 and Photoshop 2020, which could lead to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacks public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential. Its FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100 and EPSS score suggest a notable likelihood of exploitation despite the absence of known public exploits.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 21.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 20.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0403 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/photoshop/apsb20-45.html
Vendor Advisory