CVE-2021-36053 - OpenCVE

XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2020.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of arbitrary memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

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

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 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

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

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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: 2021-09-01T14:32:44.581Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:26:01.934Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-36053

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-01T15:15:10.827

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:48.570

Link: CVE-2021-36053

Redhat

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