Bento4 1.5.0-617 Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp ReadPartial null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bento4 1.5.0-617 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function AP4_StdcFileByteStream::ReadPartial of the file System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-14642. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Bento4 1.5.0-617 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function AP4_StdcFileByteStream::ReadPartial of the file System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash in AP4_StdcFileByteStream::ReadPartial in System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp, which leads to remote denial of service.

The bug was discovered 09/14/2017. The weakness was presented 09/21/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at blogs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-14642 since 09/21/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 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.

See VDB-106982, VDB-106981, VDB-106980 and VDB-106979 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: github.com

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09/21/2017 +7 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 22192de5367fa0cee985917f092be4060b7c00b0
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-14642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-14642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106978
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2017 08:48
Updated: 12/29/2022 19:49
Changes: 09/22/2017 08:48 (58), 11/18/2019 16:38 (1), 12/29/2022 19:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:2C1:103

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