Bento4
CVE-2022-40775
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Bento4 through 1.6.0-639. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An issue was discovered in Bento4 through 1.6.0-639. A NULL pointer dereference occurs in AP4_StszAtom::WriteFields. Affected products include: Axiosys Bento4. Version information: through 1.6.0.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Bento4 through 1.6.0-639. A NULL pointer dereference occurs in AP4_StszAtom::WriteFields.
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue in Bento4 Bento v.1.6.0-641 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Ap4StsdAtom.cpp,AP4_Stsd
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Bento4 Bento v.1.6.0-641 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the AP4
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-624. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploita
AP4_VisualSampleEntry::ReadFields in Core/Ap4SampleEntry.cpp in Bento4 1.5.0-617 uses incorrect character data types, wh
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 1.5.0-617. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Bento4 Bento v.1.6.0-641 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the AP4
A vulnerability was found in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0-639. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is rem
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Axiomatic Bento4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability
Bento4 v1.6.0-639 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the AP4_BitReader::ReadBit function in mp4mux. Rated hig
Bento4 v1.6.0-639 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the AP4_Atom::TypeFromString function in mp4tag. Rated h
Bento4 v1.6.0-639 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the AP4_BitReader::ReadBits function in mp4mux. Rated hi
An issue was discovered in Bento4 through v1.6.0-637. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exp
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