CVE-2021-40779

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

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-788CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 16, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-40779: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix