CVE-2022-40736 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause excessive memory consumption and denial of service by exploiting a flaw in the Bento4 media library's atom creation process.
- 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-2022-40736?
CVE-2022-40736 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 15 Sep 2022. 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 1.6.0-639. There ie excessive memory consumption in AP4_CttsAtom::Create in Core/Ap4CttsAtom.cpp.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40736 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-2022-40736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-744x-v6rc-92pm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40736.