CVE-2022-40884 Denial of service in n/a
Memory leaks in Bento4's mp4fragment tool can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- 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-2022-40884?
CVE-2022-40884 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 19 Oct 2022. 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
Bento4 1.6.0 has memory leaks via the mp4fragment.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40884 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-2022-40884 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-40884 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8227-gc3m-7gx5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40884.