CVE-2017-14643
Publication date 21 September 2017
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
The AP4_HdlrAtom class in Core/Ap4HdlrAtom.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617 uses an incorrect character data type, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash in AP4_BytesToUInt32BE in Core/Ap4Utils.h.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| kodi-inputstream-adaptive | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Notes
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_bytestouint32be-ap4utils-h/
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/5eb8cf89d724ccb0b4ce5f24171ec7c11f0a7647
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/187
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14643