CVE-2023-33720 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the MP4BytesProperty class of the mp4v2 library can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-33720?

CVE-2023-33720 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

mp4v2 v2.1.2 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the class MP4BytesProperty.

Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33720?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mp4v2 Project Mp4v2.

How do I fix CVE-2023-33720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33720 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-2023-33720 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-33720 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wqh8-3grf-j8jp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33720.

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