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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-36014

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by an uninitialized pointer vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file.

LOW 3.3EPSS 1.86%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by an uninitialized pointer vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary file system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS 3.1
3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.86% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-824
Affected
adobe/media encoder
Source
psirt@adobe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.