Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK up to 2020.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK up to 2020.1. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-36054. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK up to 2020.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2021 as apsb21-65. The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-36054. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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-2021-36054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-36054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-181922

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2021 10:13
Updated: 11/04/2025 08:30
Changes: 09/02/2021 10:13 (35), 09/02/2021 10:14 (2), 09/05/2021 03:17 (2), 09/05/2021 03:25 (1), 11/04/2025 08:30 (42)
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