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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2021-40716 EUVD-2021-27882GHSA-h9rm-h58w-49mj

XMP Toolkit SDK SVG_Adapter Out-of-bounds Read Information Disclosure

Published Sep 29, 2021 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe XMP Toolkit unspecified – ≤ 2021.07, unspecified – ≤ None —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 exempi 2.6.0-1 —
Debian 13 exempi 2.6.0-1 —
Debian 12 exempi 2.6.0-1 —
Debian 11 exempi 2.5.2-1+deb11u1 DLA-4264-1
Debian 10 exempi 2.5.0-2+deb10u1 DLA-3585-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS exempi 2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 USN-5483-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS exempi 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1 USN-5483-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS exempi 2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1 USN-5483-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS exempi No fix yet —

Advisories 3

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