CVE-2021-36051 - OpenCVE

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a 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 specially-crafted .cpp file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit
Debian	Debian Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:xmp_toolkit_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-65.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-10-04T13:29:31.262Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:25:59.082Z

Reserved: 2021-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36051

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-04T14:15:07.333

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:48.333

Link: CVE-2021-36051

Redhat

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