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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-36056

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a 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.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-36056

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Sept 2021, 15:15 UTC

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a 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.

osv:CVE-2021-36056
Complete source record
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