CVE-2017-14644
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 1.5.0-617.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which leads to remote denial of service or possibly code execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.40% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- bento4/bento4
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_hdlratomap4_hdlratom-ap4hdlratom-cpp/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_hdlratomap4_hdlratom-ap4hdlratom-cpp/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.