CVE-2020-9625
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 DNG Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.5 and earlier versions have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.
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 · moderate confidenceAdobe DNG Software Development Kit versions 1.5 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows reading memory beyond allocated buffers during DNG image processing, potentially exposing sensitive information from process memory.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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<= 1.5CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 the Adobe DNG SDK in your environmentSearch for files named 'dng' in library paths, SDK directories, or application bundles. Look for DLLs (Windows), dylibs (macOS), or shared objects (Linux) with 'dng' in the name. If you maintain an application that bundles this SDK, check your third-party dependencies list or build artifacts for the DNG SDK.Affected if The Adobe DNG SDK is present in your environment or integrated into your software
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Identify the SDK versionCheck the version metadata of the DNG SDK file or library. On Windows, right-click the DLL and view Properties > Details for the File Version. On macOS, use 'mdls' or 'otool -L' on the dylib. Check any version strings in the SDK header files or documentation shipped with your application.Affected if The version is 1.5 or earlier (1.0 through 1.5)
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Verify DNG image processing is in useReview your application logs, configuration, or code to determine if DNG (Digital Negative) image files are being processed. Check if any image import, conversion, or processing features handle .dng files, or if the SDK is initialized with DNG-specific functions during runtime.Affected if Your application processes DNG image files using the Adobe DNG SDK
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Inspect SDK integration methodExamine how your application links to the DNG SDK. Check if the vulnerable processing functions (typically in dng_parser.cpp, dng_image.cpp, or similar source files from the SDK) are being called. Look for dng_host::ProcessImage or dng_reader usage in your integrated code.Affected if Your application directly calls the SDK image processing functions without additional validation
You are affected if your environment contains the Adobe DNG SDK version 1.5 or earlier and your application or integrated tool processes DNG image files using the vulnerable code path.
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 to a patched version of Adobe DNG SDK (1.6 or later) and rebuild/recompile any applications or tools that integrate this SDK to incorporate the security fix.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-9625 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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