PT-2018-15287 · Axiomatic Systems · Bento4

Pikaqqq · Published 2018-12-17 · Updated 2019-01-30 · CVE-2018-20186

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bento4 version 1.5.1-627

Description An issue was discovered that allows attackers to trigger an attempted excessive memory allocation. This is related to the AP4 DataBuffer::SetDataSize and AP4 DataBuffer::ReallocateBuffer functions in Core/Ap4DataBuffer.cpp, which are used by the AP4 Sample::ReadData function in Core/Ap4Sample.cpp.

Recommendations For Bento4 version 1.5.1-627, consider restricting the use of the AP4 Sample::ReadData function until a patch is available to prevent excessive memory allocation attempts.

Exploit

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20186

Affected Products

Bento4

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/342 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20186 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20186 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20186 · Vendor Advisory