FrameMaker File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

published 2020-09-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-30506

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe FrameMaker version 2019.0.6 (and earlier versions) has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could be exploited to read past the end of an allocated buffer, possibly resulting in a crash or disclosure of sensitive information from other memory locations. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious FrameMaker file.

Patch / fix

links 1

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb20-54.html advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Adobe FrameMaker

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/framemaker/apsb20-54.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-9726
NVD CVE-2020-9726

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