NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting exempi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.89% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EXEMPI-2806791
  • published3 May 2022
  • disclosed2 May 2022

Introduced: 2 May 2022

CVE-2021-42528  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 exempi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exempi package and not the exempi package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

XMP Toolkit 2021.07 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS Base Scores

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