CVE-2021-28589

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 20, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-28589: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix