{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40779 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-40779 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder, published on 16 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-40779 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-40779 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder, published on 16 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40779 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Media Encoder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40779/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-40779","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40779/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-40779","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x5p6-v8jc-c232"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe Media Encoder","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder allows arbitrary code execution via a malicious WAV file, requiring user interaction.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"media_encoder","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"},{"id":"CWE-788","name":"Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer"}],"description":"Adobe Media Encoder version 15.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Adobe Media Encoder WAV file memory corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution","id":"CVE-2021-40779","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"adobe:media_encoder","products":["adobe:media_encoder"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Adobe Media Encoder MXF file memory corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution","id":"CVE-2021-40780"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Adobe Media Encoder Null Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service","id":"CVE-2021-40778"},"products":["Media Encoder"],"published":"2022-03-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in Adobe Media Encoder","id":"CVE-2019-8246","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in Adobe Media Encoder","id":"CVE-2019-7842","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-22"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Media Encoder | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)","id":"CVE-2026-47971","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Media Encoder | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)","id":"CVE-2026-47976","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Media Encoder | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)","id":"CVE-2026-48366","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Media Encoder | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)","id":"CVE-2026-48370","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Media Encoder | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)","id":"CVE-2026-34639","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-23","vendors":["Adobe"]},"summary":"A memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Media Encoder allows arbitrary code execution via a malicious WAV file, requiring user interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40779/"}