CVE-2023-47044
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 Media Encoder version 24.0.2 (and earlier) and 23.6 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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 Media Encoder versions 24.0.2 and earlier, and 23.6 and earlier contain an uninitialized pointer vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a victim into opening a malicious media file, potentially disclosing sensitive memory contents and bypassing ASLR memory protections.
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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<= 23.6.0>= 24.0.0, <= 24.0.2CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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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Verify Adobe Media Encoder installationCheck if Adobe Media Encoder is installed on the system. On Windows, look in Program Files/Adobe or check the registry. On macOS, check /Applications for Adobe Media Encoder.Affected if Adobe Media Encoder is installed and the version falls within the affected ranges.
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Determine installed versionOpen Adobe Media Encoder and navigate to Help > About Adobe Media Encoder, or right-click the application in the Control Panel/Programs list to view version details.Affected if The displayed version is 23.6.0 or earlier, or any version from 24.0.0 through 24.0.2.
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Compare version against affected rangesReview the version number against these vulnerable ranges: 23.6.0 and earlier, OR versions 24.0.0 through 24.0.2. Any version in these ranges is affected.Affected if The installed version matches either 23.6.0 and below OR 24.0.0 through 24.0.2.
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Assess exposure to untrusted media filesConsider whether the application is used to process or encode media files from untrusted or unknown sources, as the vulnerability is triggered when opening a malicious media file.Affected if The application processes media files from untrusted sources and the version is within the affected ranges.
A system is affected if Adobe Media Encoder version 23.6.0 or earlier, or any version from 24.0.0 to 24.0.2, is installed and used to open media files.
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 Media Encoder to the latest version (newer than 24.0.2 and 23.6) and avoid opening untrusted or unsolicited media files.
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- Review / QA1.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-47044 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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