CVE-2021-36057 (GCVE-0-2021-36057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-01 14:33 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
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Summary
XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a write-what-where condition vulnerability caused during the application's memory allocation process. This may cause the memory management functions to become mismatched resulting in local application denial of service in the context of the current user.
Severity ?
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-123 - Write-what-where Condition (CWE-123)
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Adobe XMP Toolkit Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.1 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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