CVE-2021-40732 in Adobe and Debian Products
Published on October 13, 2021

XMP Toolkit SDK Null Pointer Dereference

XMP Toolkit version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability that could result in leaking data from certain memory locations and causing a local denial of service in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the victim will need to open a specially crafted MXF file.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-40732 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:

LOCAL

Attack Complexity:

LOW

Privileges Required:

NONE

User Interaction:

REQUIRED

Scope:

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

LOW

Integrity Impact:

NONE

Availability Impact:

HIGH

Weakness Type

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.

Products Associated with CVE-2021-40732

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Adobe Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit

Debian Linux

Affected Versions

Adobe XMP Toolkit:

Version unspecified, <= 2020.1 is affected.
Version unspecified, <= None is affected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.15%

Percentile

35.53%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.