CVE-2021-42528

XMP-Toolkit Null Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

XMP Toolkit versión 2021.07 (y anteriores), está afectado por una vulnerabilidad de desreferencia de puntero Null cuando es analizado un archivo especialmente diseñado. Un atacante no autenticado podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para lograr una denegación de servicio de la aplicación en el contexto del usuario actual. Una explotación de este problema requiere la interacción del usuario, ya que la víctima debe abrir un archivo malicioso

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-10-15 CVE Reserved
2022-05-02 CVE Published
2023-11-23 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.html	2023-10-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit"				<= 2021.07 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit" and version " <= 2021.07"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected