CVE-2019-7972
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion...
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-7972- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-843
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-7972- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-17430 No score
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2019-17430- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx9j-4fc4-ggqg No score
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion...
Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Record
GHSA-cx9j-4fc4-ggqg- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-7972 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Photoshop Cc, published August 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.43%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.