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CVE-2019-6966 json

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-628.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16520

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-628. The AP4_ElstAtom class in Core/Ap4ElstAtom.cpp has an attempted excessive memory allocation related to AP4_Array<AP4_ElstEntry>::EnsureCapacity in Core/Ap4Array.h, as demonstrated by mp42hls.

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/361 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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