CVE-2018-20659 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via excessive memory allocation in the Bento4 library when processing malicious MP4 files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20659?
CVE-2018-20659 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 2 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-627. The AP4_StcoAtom class in Core/Ap4StcoAtom.cpp has an attempted excessive memory allocation when called from AP4_AtomFactory::CreateAtomFromStream in Core/Ap4AtomFactory.cpp, as demonstrated by mp42hls.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20659?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-20659 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20659 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fp4m-62fh-77jr, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20659.