CVE-2021-40716

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40716
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-29 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionXMP Toolkit SDK versions 2021.07 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit All All All All
Application Adobe Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3585-1] exempi security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184372 Debian Security Update for exempi (CVE-2021-40716)
  • 198834 Ubuntu Security Notification for Exempi Vulnerabilities (USN-5483-1)
  • 6000108 Debian Security Update for exempi (DLA 3585-1)
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