Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Dec 14, 2021
Security Updates Available for Adobe Media Encoder | APSB21-118
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB21-118 |
December 14, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Adobe Media Encoder |
22.0 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
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Adobe Media Encoder |
15.4.2 and earlier versions |
Windows and macOS |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
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Adobe Media Encoder |
22.1.1 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Adobe Media Encoder |
15.4.3 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-43756 |
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
7.8 |
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CVE-2021-43757 |
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
Privilege escalation |
Moderate |
4.0 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2021-43758 |
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
Privilege escalation |
Moderate |
4.0 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2021-43759 |
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
Privilege escalation |
Moderate |
4.0 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2021-43760 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-43757, CVE-2021-43758, CVE-2021-43759, CVE-2021-43760)
(yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (CVE-2021-43756)
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com