13 critical vulnerabilities are being fixed with the new out-of-bounds security updates.

A week after Adobe’s regular monthly security update, the company has released advisories which tackle a total of 13 faults, 12 of them deemed critical.

The advisories address two read issues in the photo editing software (CVE-2020-9683 and CVE-2020-9686), as well as three write security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-9684, CVE-2020-9685, and CVE-2020-9687).

These are critical bugs, meaning that arbitrary code execution can be performed if they are abused. The good news is that all the five of the described vulnerabilities have already been resolved in Photoshop CC 2019 — versions 20.0.9 and older, as well as in Photoshop 2020 – versions 21.2 and older on Windows devices.

Adobe Bridge’s 10.1.1 version has also received some fixes of critical flaws both on Windows and MacOS machines. The issues that were tackled consist of one out-of-bounds read (CVE-2020-9675) and two out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-9674, CVE-2020-9676). Haven’t they been fixed, these bugs could be used by attackers for secretly executing malicious code.

The emergency software updates have also included Photoshop Prelude. The software has received patch updates for versions 9.0 and earlier, tackling four important bugs  – CVE-2020-9677 and CVE-2020-9679 out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities, and CVE-2020-9678 and CVE-2020-9680 out-of-bounds write issues. Just like the rest of the flaws, these four vulnerabilities could also be exploited by malicious attackers for the execution of harmful code.

Security researcher Mat Powell, from the Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), was credited for finding and revealing the flaws.

Apart from the patches for the above-described issues, Adobe has released a patch for CVE-2020-9663, an important issue found in Adobe Reader Mobile for Android devices. This issue, defined as a directory traversal issue, represents a weakness that may lead to information leaks.

The out-of-bounds updates that the tech giant has recently released follow a standard monthly security update that addresses software flaws in Creative Cloud, Media Encoder, ColdFusion, and Download Manager.

Several other vendors have issued expected security updates and fixes in July. Microsoft, for example, has recently published a security advisory tackling 123 vulnerabilities. Cisco, another tech giant, has also announced 34 bug fixes. Software updates were also reported for products of SAP, VMware and Oracle.

If you are using any products of these companies, make sure that you keep up with their latest security fixes and advisories and get your software updates as soon as possible.

Photoshop Could Not Complete Your Request Because of a Program Error

We have received several complaints from avid Photoshop users lately regarding an issue that seems to be occurring every so often.The error message that appears reads:

Photoshop could not complete your request because of a program error.

You can see this message whenever you are trying to open a PSD file. And while this issue isn’t uncommon, it is a tricky one due to the fact that it can appear for a variety of reasons. For instance, the simplest explanation could be that the file is corrupt and therefore the program can’t open it. Another possibility may just have to do with the application’s preferences.

You might also notice that the error message only pops up when you try to open one specific image file. And in other cases, the issue may persist with multiple files. Either way, we will do our best to explore each of the most common scenarios in our guide below. And hopefully one of the fixes we provide will resolve the problem for you. Please don’t forget to drop us a line in the comment section to let us know how these worked out in your case!

Fix 1:

1. Locate the image that you are trying to open in Photoshop and right-click on it.
2. Select Rename.
   
3. Change the extension of the file to .jpeg or .png, and hit Enter on your keyboard.
   
   
4. Try to open the file again with Photoshop. If the issue persists, then the image was most likely corrupt and you will have to use a backup if you have one, otherwise you will just have to give it up.

 Fix 2:

1. Open the Adobe Photoshop program and go to Edit.
2. This will open a drop-down menu where you will have to select Preferences.
3. Next, go to Plug-Ins and untick the box beside Enable Generator.
4. Click OK and restart Photoshop to see if the issue persists.

Fix 3:

If even after the above fixes the error still appears, you may have to reset the Photoshop Preferences. Although it’s more of a last resort, this solution is most likely to do the job and clear the issue with the file you’re having trouble with.

For macOS users:

1. Head over to the ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CSx Settings/ directory.
2. Locate the CS6 Prefs.psp file to your Desktop. If you are using a different version of Adobe Photoshop, then locate that respective Prefs.psp file and do the same.
3. Check to see if the issue still persists.

For Windows users:

1. Press the following key combination at the same time: Windows Key + R.
2. This will open the Run dialogue box where you will have to type in %AppData%.
   
   
3. Press Enter on your keyboard, which will open the AppData directory.
4. Once there, go to the following directory: Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CSx/Adobe Photoshop Settings/
5. Find the Adobe Photoshop CS6 Prefs.psp and Adobe Photoshop CS6 X64 Prefs.psp files and move them both to your Desktop. (Or the respective files of the version of Adobe Photoshop that you are using.)
   
   
6. Restart the Photoshop application and see if the problem was fixed.