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CVE-2021-36045

LOWEPSS 78th pctl
3.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2020.1 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of arbitrary 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 file.

How to fix

Remediation Available
exempiDebian
Fixed in:2.5.2-1+deb11u1CVE-2021-36045
Fixed in:2.6.0-1CVE-2021-36045
Fixed in:2.6.0-1CVE-2021-36045
Fixed in:2.6.0-1CVE-2021-36045
exempiUbuntu
Fixed in:2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1USN-5483-1
Fixed in:2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1USN-5483-1
Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5483-1
libexempi3Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1USN-5483-1
libexempi8Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1USN-5483-1
Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5483-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days
78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1
Other references1

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2021-4034High7.895%KEVFix
CVE-2023-21769High7.592%-Fix
CVE-2023-49285High8.689%-Fix
CVE-2020-8794Critical9.889%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.