CVE-2021-28590

Adobe Media Encoder version 15.2 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

• CWE-125

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-43.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb21-43.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Aug 20, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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