What is CVE-2019-7698?

CVE-2019-7698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-7698?

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

Is CVE-2019-7698 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Axiosys Bento4

CVE-2019-7698

An issue was discovered in AP4_Array<AP4_CttsTableEntry>::EnsureCapacity in Core/Ap4Array.h in Bento4 1.5.1-627. Crafted MP4 input triggers an attempt at excessive memory allocation, as demonstrated by mp42hls, a related issue to CVE-2018-20095.

Published 2019-02-10 · 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 (67.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Axiosys Bento4 — versions 1.5.1-627

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/354 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7698?: CVE-2019-7698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-7698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-7698 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.