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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-40736
CVE-2022-40736:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.6.0-639 where there is excessive memory consumption in AP4_CttsAtom::Create in Core/Ap4CttsAtom.cpp (CVE Details).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the AP4_CttsAtom::Create function within Core/Ap4CttsAtom.cpp of Bento4 version 1.6.0-639. When processing certain MP4 files, the function attempts to allocate an excessive amount of memory, which can lead to resource exhaustion (GitHub Issue).
Impact
This vulnerability can result in a denial of service condition when processing maliciously crafted MP4 files. The issue affects multiple Bento4 utilities including mp4tag, mp4split, and mp42hevc (GitHub Issue).
Mitigation and workarounds
While no specific patch information is available in the search results, a temporary workaround is to set allocatormayreturn_null=1 as suggested in the error messages (GitHub Issue).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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