CVE-2023-47043 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Media Encoder version 24.0.2 (and earlier) and 23.6 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00113.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Media Encoder
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder::::::::

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb23-63.html

History

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'No', 'Exploitation': 'None', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'No', 'Exploitation': 'None', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-11-16T14:42:54.155Z

Updated: 2025-12-16T17:33:17.712Z

Reserved: 2023-10-30T16:23:27.884Z

Link: CVE-2023-47043

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:01:22.381Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-16T15:15:10.830

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:29:39.607

Link: CVE-2023-47043

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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