CVE-2021-36052 (GCVE-0-2021-36052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-01 14:32 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
VLAI?
Title
XMPToolkit SDK ImportTIFF_CheckStandardMapping Memory Corruption
Summary
XMP Toolkit version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-788 - Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe XMP Toolkit Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.1 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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