CVE-2021-43760 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Media Encoder versions 22.0, 15.4.2 (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. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious MOV file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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:22.0:::::::*

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30667	Adobe Media Encoder versions 22.0, 15.4.2 (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. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious MOV 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

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-07-12T11:17:42.316Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T18:54:09.234Z

Reserved: 2021-11-15T21:18:52.501Z

Link: CVE-2021-43760

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:03:08.589Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-12T12:15:09.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:29:44.067

Link: CVE-2021-43760

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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