CVE-2018-14545 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in Bento4 via crafted MP4 files due to an invalid memory read in sample description handling.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-14545?

CVE-2018-14545 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 23 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

There exists one invalid memory read bug in AP4_SampleDescription::GetType() in Ap4SampleDescription.h in Bento4 1.5.1-624, which can allow attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted mp4 file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable mp42ts.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14545?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Axiosys Bento4.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-14545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Axiosys Bento4 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fc8p-jgv8-xrjx, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14545.

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