What is CVE-2019-7844?

CVE-2019-7844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-7844?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Media Encoder

CVE-2019-7844

Adobe Media Encoder version 13.0.2 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.091 (95.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.091 · newest: 0.091 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Media Encoder — versions 13.0.2 versions
Adobe Media Encoder — versions 13.0.2
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb19-29.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108318 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-476/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7844?: CVE-2019-7844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-7844?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.