CVE-2021-36014

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by an uninitialized pointer vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary file system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-43.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

25 Aug 2021, 20:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-824
References	~~(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-43.html -~~	(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-43.html - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 4.3 v3 : 3.3
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

20 Aug 2021, 19:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-08-20 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-36014

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36014

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36014

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

adobe

media_encoder

CWE

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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