CVE-2021-43756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Media Encoder versions 22.0, 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability. 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01338.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Media Encoder
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30663	Adobe Media Encoder versions 22.0, 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability. 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-118.html

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-06-15T18:40:29.478Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:14:40.991Z

Reserved: 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43756

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:03:08.902Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-15T19:15:10.270

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:29:43.570

Link: CVE-2021-43756

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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