CVE-2026-47979 (GCVE-0-2026-47979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 19:58 – Updated: 2026-07-14 21:14
VLAI
Title
Media Encoder | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Summary
Media Encoder is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Adobe Media Encoder Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.2.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 26.3 (semver)
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Adobe Adobe Media Encoder Affected: 0 , ≤ 25.6.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 25.6.6 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-07-14 17:00
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