NULL pointer dereference in Adobe Media Encoder - CVE-2021-40782
Published: November 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57824
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40782
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Adobe Media Encoder
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40782
Install updates from vendor's website.
Adobe Media Encoder - addressed in versions 15.4.2, 22.0