A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Bento4 1.5.1-627 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is the function AP4_AvccAtom::Create of the file Core/Ap4AvccAtom.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-627. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in AP4_AvccAtom::Create in Core/Ap4AvccAtom.cpp, as demonstrated by mp42hls.

The bug was discovered 12/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-20409 since 12/23/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-128351 and VDB-128350 are pretty similar.

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• Bento4

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• 1.5.1-627

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