Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on 16 May 2021 | Also applies to Digital Editions

Security Updates Available for Adobe Media Encoder | APSB19-52

Bulletin ID	Date Published	Priority
APSB19-52	November 12, 2019	3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Media Encoder. This update resolves a critical and multiple important file parsing vulnerabilities.  Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure in the context of the current user. 

Affected Versions

Product	Version	Platform
Adobe Media Encoder	13.1	Windows and macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following  priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.

Product	Version	Platform	Priority
Adobe Media Encoder	14.0	Windows and macOS	3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category	Vulnerability Impact	Severity	CVE Numbers
Out-of-bounds Read	Information Disclosure	Important	CVE-2019-8241
Out-of-bounds Read	Information Disclosure	Important	CVE-2019-8242
Out-of-bounds Read	Information Disclosure	Important	CVE-2019-8243
Out-of-bounds Read	Information Disclosure	Important	CVE-2019-8244
Out-of-bounds Write	Arbitrary Code Execution	Critical	CVE-2019-8246

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers: 

Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8241, CVE-2019-8243, CVE-2019-8244) 
Francis Provencher working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8242)

Wen Guang Jiao of Qihoo 360 Core Security (CVE-2019-8246)

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