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CVE-2021-40778

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-03-16 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsAdobe Media EncoderApple Macos

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References