CVE-2021-40782
MEDIUMAdobe Media Encoder < 15.4.1 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Crafted File Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1 (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 (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-99.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0114
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
adobe/media_encoder
< 15.4.1
Published
Mar 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026