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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2021-36054 json

XMP Toolkit SDK Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData Could Lead To Application Denial Of Service

published 2021-09-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-22687

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability potentially resulting in local application denial of service in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36054

  • 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-2021-36054

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

3.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% 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:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Adobe XMP Toolkit

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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