VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-42528
XMP Toolkit 2021.07 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.93%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.93% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- adobe/xmp toolkit software development kit · debian/debian linux
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.