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CVE-2021-40732: XMP Toolkit SDK Null Pointer Dereference

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

XMP Toolkit version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability that could result in leaking data from certain memory locations and causing a local denial of service in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the victim will need to open a specially crafted MXF file.

Affected products

• Adobe XMP Toolkit: through 2020.1
• Debian Linux: 10.0

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-85.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-85.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html

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