What is CVE-2022-40885?

CVE-2022-40885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40885?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-40885 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Axiosys Bento4

CVE-2022-40885

Bento4 v1.6.0-639 has a memory allocation issue that can cause denial of service.

Published 2022-10-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Axiosys Bento4 — versions 1.6.0-639

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/761 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/yangfar/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2022-40885.md (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40885?: CVE-2022-40885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40885?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40885 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.