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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2021-40778 EUVD-2021-27943GHSA-7x6g-6g4c-q7pf

Adobe Media Encoder Null Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Published Mar 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Media Encoder unspecified – ≤ 15.4.1, unspecified – ≤ None —

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