Tool crash via unchecked media-size allocation
Published Feb 9, 2024 · Updated Jun 12, 2025
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Bento4 1.6.0-640 allows attackers to crash media-processing tools via a crafted MP4 file. While parsing the file, AP4_AudioSampleEntry::ReadFields propagates a malformed data size through AP4_DataBuffer::SetDataSize to AP4_DataBuffer::ReallocateBuffer, which attempts an unchecked allocation of roughly 2 GB. A user or application must process the crafted file; exploitation aborts the affected mp4info, mp42aac, mp42avc, mp4decrypt, or mp4dump process without reported data exposure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Bento4 1.6.0-640 allows attackers to crash media-processing tools via a crafted MP4 file. While parsing the file, AP4_AudioSampleEntry::ReadFields propagates a malformed data size through AP4_DataBuffer::SetDataSize to AP4_DataBuffer::ReallocateBuffer, which attempts an unchecked allocation of roughly 2 GB. A user or application must process the crafted file; exploitation aborts the affected mp4info, mp42aac, mp42avc, mp4decrypt, or mp4dump process without reported data exposure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25451
- Published
- Feb 9, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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