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Bento4Application · Axiosys

CVE-2022-3816

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-11-01
No fix yet
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72/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Axiomatic Bento4. Affected is an unknown function of the component mp4decrypt. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-212682 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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NVD · CPE data
Bento4Application
Affected:= 1.6.0-639

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

1.6.0-643 (latest stable release)

  1. 1. Download the latest Bento4 release from the official GitHub repository (github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4)
  2. 2. Navigate to the Releases section and download the appropriate package for your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
  3. 3. Extract the downloaded archive to your preferred installation directory
  4. 4. Verify the mp4decrypt binary version by running: mp4decrypt --version
  5. 5. Replace any existing mp4decrypt binary in your system PATH with the new version
  6. 6. Test your workflows to ensure mp4decrypt functions correctly with the updated version

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No vendor fix exists Bento4 has not published a patch for this.

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