CVE-2024-41871
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 · uneditedMedia Encoder versions 24.5, 23.6.8 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read 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 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability where parsing a specially crafted malicious file causes the application to read memory beyond allocated buffers. This can leak sensitive memory contents and potentially assist in bypassing ASLR mitigations, though exploitation requires user interaction to open the file.
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< 23.6.9>= 24.0, < 24.6CVSS 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 is installedCheck for the application in typical installation directories (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder on Windows, /Applications/Adobe Media Encoder on macOS) or use system inventory tools to detect the product.Affected if Adobe Media Encoder is present on the system
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Determine installed version numberOpen Adobe Media Encoder and navigate to Help > About Adobe Media Encoder, or right-click the application executable and select Properties > Details to view the Product Version.Affected if Version is < 23.6.9 OR version is >= 24.0 but < 24.6
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Confirm file import capability is accessibleThe vulnerability triggers when the application parses media files. Verify the application can import media files through File > Import or by dragging a file into the project panel.Affected if The application can open and parse media files, which enables the vulnerable code path
A user is affected if Adobe Media Encoder is installed and the version falls below 23.6.9 or is between 24.0 and 24.6 inclusive.
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.
dbcve · scoped23.6.924.6
Apply the vendor patch when released by Adobe. Until then, instruct users to avoid opening media files from untrusted sources and consider deploying additional file inspection at email gateways or endpoint controls.
Adobe Media Encoder 23.6.9 or later, or 24.6 or later
- Check current Adobe Media Encoder version via Help > About Adobe Media Encoder
- Backup all existing projects and encoding presets
- Close Adobe Media Encoder completely
- For 23.x branch users: Download Adobe Media Encoder 23.6.9 (or latest 23.x release) from helpx.adobe.com
- For 24.x branch users: Download Adobe Media Encoder 24.6 (or latest 24.x release) from helpx.adobe.com
- Install the downloaded update following Adobe's installation prompts
- Restart Media Encoder and verify the version under Help > About
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2024-41871 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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