What is CVE-2017-14645?

CVE-2017-14645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bento4, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-14645?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14645 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Bento4

CVE-2017-14645

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in AP4_BitStream::ReadBytes in Codecs/Ap4BitStream.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes an application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bento4 — versions 1.5.0-617

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_bitstr… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14645?: CVE-2017-14645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bento4, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-14645?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14645 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.