Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-40782
CVE-2021-40782
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 products
3cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=15.4.1
- (no CPE)range: <=15.4.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-99.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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