Vulnerability identifier: #VU35159

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17529

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Bento4
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: axiomatic-systems

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in AP4_CencSampleEncryption::DoInspectFields in Core/Ap4CommonEncryption.cpp when called from AP4_Atom::Inspect in Core/Ap4Atom.cpp. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

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

Vulnerable software versions

Bento4: 1.5.1.0

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External links
http://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/430
http://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/bento4

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.