What is CVE-2021-40941?

CVE-2021-40941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-40941?

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

Resource exhaustion in Axiosys Bento4

CVE-2021-40941

In Bento4 1.6.0-638, there is an allocator is out of memory in the function AP4_Array<AP4_TrunAtom::Entry>::EnsureCapacity in Ap4Array.h:172, as demonstrated by GPAC. This can cause a denial of service (DOS).

EPSS: 0.011 (62.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Axiosys Bento4 — versions 1.6.0-638
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40941?: CVE-2021-40941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-40941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.