What is CVE-2021-40716?

CVE-2021-40716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Xmp Toolkit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-40716?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-40716 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Xmp Toolkit

CVE-2021-40716

XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2021.07 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploit…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (48.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Xmp Toolkit — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40716?: CVE-2021-40716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Xmp Toolkit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-40716?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40716 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.