CVE-2019-7995
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have an out of bound read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe Photoshop CC contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in versions 19.1.8 and earlier (19.x series) and 20.0.5 and earlier (20.x series). The vulnerability allows a specially crafted image file to trigger reads beyond allocated memory boundaries, leading to memory leak exposure.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 19.1.8>= 20.0, <= 20.0.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Adobe Photoshop CC installationOpen Photoshop and go to Help > About Photoshop, or check the application file properties (right-click Photoshop.exe > Properties > Details). On Windows, the default install path is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX\ and on macOS it is /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX.app/Affected if Adobe Photoshop CC is installed on the system
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Determine installed version numberNote the full version number displayed in the About dialog or the Version field in file properties. Versions follow the format XX.0.X (for example, 19.1.8 or 20.0.5)Affected if The version shown is 19.1.8 or earlier in the 19.x series, or 20.0.5 or earlier in the 20.x series
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Identify if image processing is in usePhotoshop processes various image formats (PSD, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.) during normal operation. Check if users routinely open image files from external or untrusted sourcesAffected if The application opens or processes image files, particularly from external or untrusted sources, which triggers the vulnerable code path
A system is affected if Adobe Photoshop CC version 19.1.8 or earlier (19.x) or version 20.0.5 or earlier (20.x) is installed and the application is used to open image files, as the vulnerability triggers during image file parsing.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Adobe Photoshop CC to a version newer than 19.1.8 and 20.0.5 to obtain the vendor patch that addresses this out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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