Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Nov 10, 2021
Security Updates Available for Adobe Media Encoder | APSB21-99
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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APSB21-99 |
October 26, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Adobe Media Encoder |
15.4.1 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 |
22.0 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
|
Adobe Media Encoder |
15.4.2 |
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-2021-40777 |
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NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application Denial of Service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40778 |
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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-2021-40779 CVE-2021-43013 |
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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-2021-40780 |
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NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40781 |
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NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) |
Application denial-of-service |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVE-2021-40782 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
(hy350) HY350 of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40782; CVE-2021-40781; CVE-2021-40778
(yjdfy) CQY of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40780; CVE-2021-40779
(cff_123) CFF of Topsec Alpha Team CVE-2021-40777 and CVE-2021-43013.
Revisions
October 28, 2021: Added details for CVE-2021-43013.
October 29, 2021: Added row to solution table for N-1 version.
November 10, 2021: Updated vulnerability details for CVE-2021-40778.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com
