# CVE-2018-10790: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the application via a memory allocation failure in the Bento4 library, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pwpv-3p5r-mg69, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10790

## What is CVE-2018-10790?

CVE-2018-10790 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 25 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AP4_CttsAtom class in Core/Ap4CttsAtom.cpp in Bento4 1.5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to a memory allocation failure, as demonstrated by mp2aac.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10790?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Axiosys Bento4.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10790?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10790 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4

- [CVE-2024-31002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31002/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-14531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14531/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-14532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14532/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-13846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13846/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31003/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10790 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10790 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 25 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Axiosys Bento4. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10790/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10790
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10790
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10790

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10790/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.