Overview
On November 12, local time, Adobe officially released the November security update, which fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe’s various products, including Adobe Bridge CC, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Illustrator CC, and Adobe Animate CC.
For details about the security bulletins and alerts, visit the following link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html
Vulnerability Description
Adobe Bridge CC
Adobe has released an Adobe Bridge CC security update that fixes 2 security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability details are as follows:
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity Level | CVE ID |
| Memory corruption | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8239 |
| Memory corruption | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8240 |
- Affected versions:
Adobe Bridge CC Version <= 9.1
- Unaffected versions:
Adobe Bridge CC Version = 10.0
For details on vulnerability impact and remediation, refer to the security bulletin at the following link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb19-53.html
Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Media Encoder that fixes five security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability details are as follows:
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity Level | CVE ID |
| Cross-border reading | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8241 |
| Cross-border reading | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8242 |
| Cross-border reading | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8243 |
| Cross-border reading | Information disclosure | Important | CVE-2019-8244 |
| Cross-boundary write | Arbitrary code execution | Critical | CVE-2019-8246 |
- Affected versions:
Adobe Media Encoder Version <= 13.1
- Unaffected versions:
Adobe Media Encoder Version = 14.0
For details on vulnerability impact and remediation, refer to the security bulletin at the following link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb19-52.html
Adobe Illustrator CC
Adobe has released an Adobe Illustrator CC security update that fixes 3 security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability details are as follows:
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity Level | CVE ID |
| Insecure library loading (DLL hijacking) | Privilege escalation | Important | CVE-2019-7962 |
| Memory corruption | Arbitrary code execution | Critical | CVE-2019-8247 |
| Memory corruption | Arbitrary code execution | Critical | CVE-2019-8248 |
- Affected versions:
Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 Version <= 23.1
- Unaffected versions:
Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 Version = 24.0
For details on vulnerability impact and remediation, refer to the security bulletin at the following link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb19-36.html
Adobe Animate CC
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Animate CC that fixes a security vulnerability.
Vulnerability details are as follows:
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity Level | CVE ID |
| Loading unsafe libraries
(DLL hijacking) |
Privilege escalation | Important | CVE-2019-7960 |
- Affected versions:
Adobe Animate CC 2019 Version <= 19.2.1
- Unaffected versions:
Adobe Animate CC 2019 Version = 20.0
For details on vulnerability impact and remediation, refer to the security bulletin at the following link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb19-34.html
Solution
Adobe has officially released security updates to fix the preceding vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade their installation to the latest version as soon as possible.
For vulnerability details and remediation, please visit the preceding security bulletin links.
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