NULL pointer dereference in Bento4 - CVE-2017-14638

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NULL pointer dereference in Bento4 - CVE-2017-14638

Published: September 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38216
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-2017-14638
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 a NULL pointer dereference error in Core/Ap4AtomFactory.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617 has missing NULL checks, leading to a NULL pointer dereference, segmentation fault, and application crash in AP4_Atom::SetType in Core/Ap4Atom.h. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-14638

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

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