CVE-2022-40885 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 19 Oct 2022 Updated 9 May 2025

A memory allocation flaw in Bento4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted media files.

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-2022-40885?

CVE-2022-40885 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 v1.6.0-639 has a memory allocation issue that can cause denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40885?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Axiosys Bento4.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40885 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-2022-40885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Axiosys Bento4 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x2r5-459f-qm67, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40885.