🛡️ CVE-2021-40732 on Debian — exempi

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

XMP Toolkit version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability that could result in leaking data from certain memory locations and causing a local denial of service in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the victim will need to open a specially crafted MXF file.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2021-40732 as tracked by Debian, for the package exempi. The fix is available in version 2.6.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40732 is recorded against 1 package.

exempi (fixed in 2.6.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 October 2021 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2021-40732 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2021-10-13

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
exempi	—	2.6.0-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-40732

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