Adobe Media Encoder out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Media Encoder. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-47979. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Media Encoder (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-47979 since 05/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Adobe

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• Media Encoder

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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