What is CVE-2020-9686?

CVE-2020-9686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-9686?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Photoshop

CVE-2020-9686

Adobe Photoshop versions Photoshop CC 2019, and Photoshop 2020 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.042 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop — versions Photoshop CC 2019, and Photoshop 2020 versions
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop_cc
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9686?: CVE-2020-9686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-9686?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.