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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-38666
CVE-2023-38666:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Bento4 v1.6.0-639 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the AP4_Processor::ProcessFragments function in mp4encrypt (NVD). The vulnerability was discovered in August 2023 and affects the Bento4 media processing library.
Technical details
The vulnerability manifests as a segmentation violation (SEGV) in the AP4_Processor::ProcessFragments function when processing MP4 files using the mp4encrypt utility. The issue occurs due to a read memory access at an invalid address (0x000000000028), which points to the zero page. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can cause a denial of service (DoS) condition through application crash. The segmentation fault occurs during the processing of specially crafted MP4 files, which can lead to program termination (GitHub Issue).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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