CVE-2021-42721

Acrobat Bridge versions 11.1.1 and earlier are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References
Configurations

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AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Apr 2022, 15:23

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References (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb21-94.html - (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb21-94.html - Vendor Advisory

16 Mar 2022, 15:15

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References
  • {'url': 'https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-70.html', 'name': 'https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-70.html', 'tags': ['Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb21-94.html -
CWE CWE-119 CWE-416
Summary Adobe Media Encoder version 15.4 (and earlier) are affected by a memory corruption vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious M4A file. Acrobat Bridge versions 11.1.1 and earlier are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

17 Nov 2021, 18:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-119
References (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-70.html - (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-70.html - Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
v2 : 9.3
v3 : 7.8

17 Nov 2021, 02:29

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-16 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-42721

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42721

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42721


JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

  • media_encoder

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-416

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