Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-42528XMP-Toolkit Null Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 2.0% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XMP Toolkit 2021.07 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42528
Debian:13exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42528
Debian:14exempi2.6.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42528
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSexempi2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5483-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSexempi2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42528

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe XMP Toolkit unspecified – through 2021.07unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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