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CVE-2021-36046

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36046 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe XMP Toolkit versions 2020.1 and earlier, affecting Adobe and Debian Linux distributions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its potential for arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2020.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:xmp_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:*
<= 2020.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:xmp_toolkit_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/xmpcore/apsb21-65.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory