CVE-2022-41847 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in Bento4 allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system memory through 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-2022-41847?
CVE-2022-41847 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. A memory leak exists in AP4_StdcFileByteStream::Create(AP4_FileByteStream*, char const*, AP4_FileByteStream::Mode, AP4_ByteStream*&) in System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41847?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axiosys Bento4.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41847?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41847 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-2022-41847 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-41847 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Axiosys Bento4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8p5w-gvhj-24mg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41847.