CVE-2021-43757 (GCVE-0-2021-43757)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-12 11:17 – Updated: 2025-03-05 18:53
VLAI?
Title
Adobe Media Encoder 3GP File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
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 3GP file
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| Adobe | Media Encoder |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 15.4.2
(semver)
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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