NULL pointer dereference in Bento4 - CVE-2019-17452
Published: October 10, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35166
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17452
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in AP4_DescriptorListInspector::Action in Core/Ap4Descriptor.h, related to AP4_IodsAtom::InspectFields in Core/Ap4IodsAtom.cpp, as demonstrated by mp4dump. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Bento4
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17452
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.