CVE-2023-33717 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 2 Jun 2023 Updated 8 Jan 2025

A memory leak in the mp4v2 library allows attackers to cause denial of service by triggering unhandled exceptions during file reading.

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-2023-33717?

CVE-2023-33717 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 2023. 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

mp4v2 v2.1.3 was discovered to contain a memory leak when a method calling MP4File::ReadBytes() had allocated memory but did not catch exceptions thrown by ReadBytes()

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33717?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mp4v2 Project Mp4v2.

How do I fix CVE-2023-33717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-33717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rg79-r2v5-rjw5, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33717.