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CVE-2025-27195:
Adobe Media Encoder vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-27195 is a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Media Encoder versions 25.1, 24.6.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 8, 2025, and was assigned a high severity CVSS base score of 7.8 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) with a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates local access is required, with low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction is necessary. The vulnerability has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The exploitation requires user interaction, specifically opening a malicious file (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Adobe Media Encoder installations to the latest version to protect against potential threats (Adobe Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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