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.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xmp_toolkit_software_development_kit | Adobe | * | 2021.07 (including) |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Exempi | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-108.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html