CVE-2019-7974 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Published: 2019-08-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 6.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

Adobe Photoshop CC

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<=19.1.8 and <=20.0.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cc::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cc::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06433.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb19-44.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Adobe Photoshop Cc

Apple Macos

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2019-08-26T17:46:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:02:19.392Z

Reserved: 2019-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-7974

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-26T18:15:13.453

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:41:16.903

Link: CVE-2019-7974

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-843
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

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