CVE-2021-36057 XMP Toolkit SDK Write-What-Where Condition Could Lead To Local Application Denial Of Service

Medium 4.0 Published 1 Sep 2021 Updated 3 Nov 2025

A write-what-where condition in Adobe XMP Toolkit allows local attackers to cause application denial of service via memory corruption.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2021-36057?

CVE-2021-36057 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a write-what-where condition vulnerability caused during the application's memory allocation process. This may cause the memory management functions to become mismatched resulting in local application denial of service in the context of the current user.

Weakness: CWE-123

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36057?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Xmp Toolkit Software Development Kit, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36057?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-36057 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36057 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36057, GHSA-426g-wxf4-8rhw, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36057.