CVE-2020-9746

Exploitable NULL pointer deref could lead to arbitrary code execution

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: October 14, 2020 at 01:17 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorFlash Player· also runs on 6 platforms

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Adobe Flash Player version 32.0.0.433 (and earlier) are affected by an exploitable NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that could result in a crash and arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to insert malicious strings in an HTTP response that is by default delivered over TLS/SSL.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Flash Player · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 32.0.0.387v ≤ 32.0.0.433v < 32.0.0.387v < 32.0.0.433

Affected range stops below 32.0.0.387, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 32.0.0.433, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · google-chrome-os (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · microsoft-windows-10 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment)