CVE-2017-14647

high

Published 2017-09-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

VIR risk

8.8

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in AP4_VisualSampleEntry::ReadFields in Core/Ap4SampleEntry.cpp in Bento4 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which leads to remote denial of service or possibly code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
bento4	bento4	`1.5.0-617`

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_visualsampleentryreadfields-ap4sampleentry-cpp/
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_visualsampleentryreadfields-ap4sampleentry-cpp/

CWEs

CWE-787

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.