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CVE-2021-36052

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36052 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe XMP Toolkit versions 2020.1 and earlier, impacting products like Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK and Debian Linux. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction for exploitation and could lead to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, and community discussion is minimal, its potential for severe impact warrants attention.

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: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0323 is in the 87th 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