NULL pointer dereference in Bento4 - CVE-2017-14641
Published: September 21, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38219
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-2017-14641
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 the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Bento4
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14641
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.