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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2021-36053 json

XMP Toolkit SDK Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability In FindAndReadXMPChunk Could Lead To Information Exposure

published 2021-09-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-22686

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2020.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of arbitrary memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Patch / fix

  • exempi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36053

  • exempi Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1
  • exempi Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
  • exempi Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36053

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Adobe XMP Toolkit

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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