CVE-2021-40941 Denial of service in n/a
An out-of-memory condition in Bento4's array capacity function allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted media files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-40941?
CVE-2021-40941 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Bento4 1.6.0-638, there is an allocator is out of memory in the function AP4_Array<AP4_TrunAtom::Entry>::EnsureCapacity in Ap4Array.h:172, as demonstrated by GPAC. This can cause a denial of service (DOS).
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40941?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2021-40941?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40941 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-2021-40941 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40941 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhfp-j5xf-fvvr, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40941.