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CVE-2017-14643

Published: Sep 21, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The AP4_HdlrAtom class in Core/Ap4HdlrAtom.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617 uses an incorrect character data type, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash in AP4_BytesToUInt32BE in Core/Ap4Utils.h.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

bento4bento4
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
n/an/a
bento4oss-projectDevTools & CI

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_bytestouint32be-ap4utils-h/
blogs.gentoo.org
https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/5eb8cf89d724ccb0b4ce5f24171ec7c11f0a7647
github.com
https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/187
github.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 21, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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