Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-40716
CVE-2021-40716
Description
XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2021.07 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive 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.
Affected products
2- Range: <=2021.07
- Adobe/XMP Toolkitv5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-85.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.htmlnvd
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