What is CVE-2018-10790?

CVE-2018-10790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-10790?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Axiosys Bento4

CVE-2018-10790

The AP4_CttsAtom class in Core/Ap4CttsAtom.cpp in Bento4 1.5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to a memory allocation failure, as demonstrated by mp2aac.

Published 2021-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Axiosys Bento4 — versions 1.5.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

docs.google.com/document/d/1OSwQjtyALgV3OulmWGaTqZrSzk7Ta-xGrcLI0I7SPyM (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/390 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10790?: CVE-2018-10790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-10790?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.