What is CVE-2022-40737?

CVE-2022-40737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-40737?

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

Is CVE-2022-40737 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Axiosys Bento4

CVE-2022-40737

An issue was discovered in Bento4 through 1.6.0-639. A buffer over-read exists in the function AP4_StdcFileByteStream::WritePartial located in System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp, called from AP4_ByteStream::Write and AP4_HdlrAtom::WriteFields.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Axiosys Bento4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40737?: CVE-2022-40737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-40737?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40737 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.