Infinite loop in Bento4 - CVE-2018-14445

 

Infinite loop in Bento4 - CVE-2018-14445

Published: July 20, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36839
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-2018-14445
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: axiomatic-systems
Affected software:
Bento4

Detailed vulnerability description

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

In Bento4 v1.5.1-624, AP4_File::ParseStream in Ap4File.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MP4 file.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-14445

Install update from vendor's website.

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