Adobe XMP Toolkit up to 2020.1 buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe XMP Toolkit up to 2020.1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-36046. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe XMP Toolkit up to 2020.1. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/02/2021 as apsb21-65. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-36046. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243315 (Debian dla-4264 : exempi - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (243315). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 243315
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4264 : exempi - security update

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/30/2021 🔍
09/02/2021 +64 days 🔍
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11/04/2025 +1524 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb21-65
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-36046 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-36046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-181883

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2021 09:12
Updated: 11/04/2025 06:42
Changes: 09/02/2021 09:12 (37), 09/04/2021 18:12 (2), 09/04/2021 18:19 (1), 08/04/2025 23:57 (16), 11/04/2025 06:42 (28)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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