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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2017-14647

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in AP4_VisualSampleEntry::ReadFields in Core/Ap4SampleEntry.cpp 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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published