CVE-2021-46818

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-70.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

21 Jun 2022, 14:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 6.8 v3 : 7.8
CWE	~~CWE-788~~	CWE-787
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
First Time		Adobe Adobe media Encoder Microsoft Microsoft windows Apple macos Apple

13 Jun 2022, 13:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-06-13 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:22

NVD link : CVE-2021-46818

Mitre link : CVE-2021-46818

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-46818

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

media_encoder

microsoft

windows

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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