Is CVE-2021-36047 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-36047 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-36047?

CVE-2021-36047 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-36047?

CVE-2021-36047 has an EPSS score of 2.72% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36047?

Upgrade exempi on debian 11 to 2.5.2-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-36047

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

exempiDebian

Fixed in:2.5.2-1+deb11u1CVE-2021-36047

Fixed in:2.6.0-1CVE-2021-36047

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

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

helpx.adobe.com

Third-Party Advisory1

lists.debian.org

Other references1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	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.