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CVE-2021-40782

Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1 (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.

Published

2022-03-16T15:15:13.977

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:24:46.887

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-476
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application adobe media_encoder ≤ 15.4.1 Yes
Operating System apple macos - No
Operating System microsoft windows - No
References