CVE-2021-42528

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

XMP Toolkit 2021.07 (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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
AdobeXMP Toolkit>= unspecified, <= 2021.07; >= unspecified, <= None

References

Timeline

Published
May 2, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-42528: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix