Stack-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exempi  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-EXEMPI-2841628
  • published24 May 2022
  • disclosed1 Sept 2021

Introduced: 1 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-39847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exempi package and not the exempi package as distributed by Ubuntu.

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.