CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-40778

Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1 (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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-99.html Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-03-16 03:15

Updated : 2022-03-22 05:41

NVD link : CVE-2021-40778

Mitre link : CVE-2021-40778

Products Affected

Adobe

Media Encoder

CWE
CWE-476