CVE-2021-40778

Description

Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1 (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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.606

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Media Encoder 21.9Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Adobe Media Encoder for Mac 15.4.2Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Adobe Media Encoder for Mac 22.0Mac

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234