Out-of-bounds read in Bento4 - CVE-2019-17530

 

Out-of-bounds read in Bento4 - CVE-2019-17530

Published: October 12, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35160
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17530
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: axiomatic-systems
Affected software:
Bento4

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in AP4_PrintInspector::AddField in Core/Ap4Atom.cpp when called from AP4_CencSampleEncryption::DoInspectFields in Core/Ap4CommonEncryption.cpp, when called from AP4_Atom::Inspect in Core/Ap4Atom.cpp. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-17530

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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