Input validation error in Bento4 - CVE-2019-7697
Published: February 10, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7697
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: axiomatic-systems
Affected software:
Bento4
Bento4
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered in Bento4 v1.5.1-627. There is an assertion failure in AP4_AtomListWriter::Action in Core/Ap4Atom.cpp, leading to a denial of service (program crash), as demonstrated by mp42hls.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7697
Install update from vendor's website.