CVE-2022-41846 Denial of service in n/a
Excessive memory consumption 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-2022-41846?
CVE-2022-41846 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, published on 30 Sep 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
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.6.0-639. There ie excessive memory consumption in the function AP4_DataBuffer::ReallocateBuffer in Core/Ap4DataBuffer.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41846?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41846?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41846 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-2022-41846 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-41846 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mq88-9qmc-4qc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41846.