UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42528

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42528

    Published: 2 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-42528
    Aliases:
    USN-5483-1

    Summary:

    Details: XMP Toolkit 2021.07 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42528, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.html, https://github.com/adobe/XMP-Toolkit-SDK/commit/16e53564ae6c2689387479c04770f492075d5b7b, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?h=adobe-sdk&id=16e53564ae6c2689387479c04770f492075d5b7b, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5483-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42528

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exempi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.2-2
    2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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