CVE-2021-42529

Published: 2 May 2022

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2021.07 (and earlier) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	fixed in adobe's 2021.08 code drop

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
exempi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1)
	focal	Released (2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1)
	impish	Released (2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1)
	jammy	Released (2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (2.6.1-2)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (2.6.1-2)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (2.6.1-2)
	noble	Not vulnerable (2.6.1-2)
	upstream	Released (2.6.0-1)
	xenial	Needed
	Patches: upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?h=2.6.0&id=77a3fe7096f8ebf301e2bfe1e6dc023b4ff6dc48

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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