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CVE-2021-36045

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36045 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe XMP Toolkit SDK versions 2020.1 and earlier, affecting products like Adobe and Debian Linux. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) requires user interaction to open a malicious file, potentially leading to arbitrary memory disclosure and ASLR bypass. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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