NULL pointer dereference in Bento4 - CVE-2017-14638
Published: September 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38216
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-2017-14638
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 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.
Affected software
Bento4
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14638
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.