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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-3809
CVE-2022-3809:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A vulnerability was identified in Axiomatic Bento4 affecting the ParseCommandLine function, tracked as CVE-2022-3809. The issue was discovered and reported on September 27, 2022, by security researchers from NCNIPC of China and Zhongguancun Laboratory (GitHub Issue).
Technical details
The vulnerability manifests as a memory leak in the ParseCommandLine function within the Mp4Tag.cpp file. When testing with Address Sanitizer (ASAN), it revealed a direct leak of 40 bytes in one object allocation. The issue affects both the latest branch and the release version Bento4-1.6.0-639 (GitHub Issue).
Impact
When exploited, the vulnerability results in memory leaks that could potentially lead to resource exhaustion and system instability. The issue specifically affects the mp4tag binary component of the software (GitHub Issue).
Mitigation and workarounds
The issue can be detected using Address Sanitizer with the following build configuration flags: -fsanitize=address -g. Users are advised to monitor for updates from the maintainers for a permanent fix (GitHub Issue).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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