Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-36057XMP Toolkit SDK Write-What-Where Condition Could Lead To Local Application Denial Of Service

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in XMP Toolkit from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a write-what-where condition vulnerability caused during the application's memory allocation process. This may cause the memory management functions to become mismatched resulting in local application denial of service in the context of the current user.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36057
Debian:13exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36057
Debian:14exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSexempi2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36057

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe XMP Toolkit unspecified – through 2020.1unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-123 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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