Buffer overflow in Adobe XMP-Toolkit-SDK - CVE-2021-36064

 

Buffer overflow in Adobe XMP-Toolkit-SDK - CVE-2021-36064

Published: August 18, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55953
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36064
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Adobe XMP-Toolkit-SDK
Ubuntu
exempi (Ubuntu package)
libexempi3 (Ubuntu package)
libexempi8 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-36064

Install updates from vendor's website.

Adobe XMP-Toolkit-SDK - update to 2021.07
exempi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1, 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
libexempi3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1
libexempi8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

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