MP4v2 up to 2.0.0 MP4 Table Property mp4atom.cpp MP4Atom MP4 File memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in MP4v2 up to 2.0.0. It has been rated as critical. This impacts the function MP4Atom of the file mp4atom.cpp of the component MP4 Table Property Handler. The manipulation as part of MP4 File leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-7339. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MP4v2 up to 2.0.0. This issue affects the function MP4Atom of the file mp4atom.cpp of the component MP4 Table Property Handler. The manipulation as part of a MP4 File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The MP4Atom class in mp4atom.cpp in MP4v2 through 2.0.0 mishandles Entry Number validation for the MP4 Table Property, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow, insufficient memory allocation, and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp4 file.

The bug was discovered 02/23/2018. The weakness was released 02/23/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-7339 since 02/22/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261285 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-7339), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261285). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• MP4v2

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• 2.0

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