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CVE-2020-9684

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9684 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 and Photoshop 2020. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and full compromise of the affected system. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community. Adobe has released patches to address this issue.

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
3.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0348 is in the 87th 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