CVE-2021-36015
Adobe Media Encoder Memory Corruption Could Lead To Remote Code Execution
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Aug 20, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 30, 2021
Description
Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. 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 file.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-788 Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Media EncoderAdobe |
|
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