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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-19722
CVE-2020-19722:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An unhandled memory allocation failure in Core/Ap4Atom.cpp of Bento 1.5.1-628 causes a direct copy to NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service (DOS) (CVE Details, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the Core/Ap4Atom.cpp component of Bento4 version 1.5.1-628. It has been assigned CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The issue is classified under CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input) and CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition through application crash due to the NULL pointer dereference (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability can be triggered through a specially crafted input file that causes a memory allocation failure, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A proof of concept exploit has been documented (GitHub Issue).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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