CVE-2020-9627
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 · high confidenceAdobe DNG SDK 1.5 and earlier versions contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the processing of DNG (Digital Negative) image files. When parsing malformed or maliciously crafted DNG files, the SDK reads memory outside allocated buffer boundaries, potentially exposing sensitive information from process memory.
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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<= 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 Adobe DNG SDK installationSearch for files named 'dng' or 'AdobeDNG' in common development library paths (e.g., /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, C:\Program Files, project vendor directories) or check your project's dependency manifest (package.json, requirements.txt, pom.xml) for a dng-sdk referenceAffected if Adobe DNG SDK is present in the environment
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Determine SDK versionCheck the SDK version by examining the library file version (e.g., libdng.a, dng.lib, or the DNG SDK header files) or the version string in any bundled version info; compare against the installed versionAffected if The installed version is 1.5 or any version earlier than 1.6
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Identify DNG processing codeSearch source code for calls to DNG SDK parsing functions such as dng_host::ProcessImage, dng_image::Read, or similar DNG file reading APIs from the SDKAffected if The codebase invokes SDK functions to parse DNG files
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Confirm runtime usageMonitor application execution or review logs to verify that DNG files are being processed at runtime using the Adobe DNG SDKAffected if The application actively processes DNG image files using the vulnerable SDK version
If Adobe DNG SDK version 1.5 or earlier is installed and is used to parse DNG image files, the environment is affected by this out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
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 dataUpgrade to Adobe DNG SDK version 1.6 or later, which contains the patched bounds-checking code. If upgrading is not immediately feasible, implement input validation and file size limits on DNG files before passing them to the SDK.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-9627 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.
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- 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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