CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-23331

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 17, 2021 | Modified: Aug 25, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in Bento4 version 06c39d9. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the AP4_DescriptorListWriter::Action component located in /Core/Ap4Descriptor.h. It allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DOS).

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bento4 Axiosys - (including) - (including)
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive Ubuntu kinetic *
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive Ubuntu lunar *
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive Ubuntu mantic *
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive Ubuntu trusty *
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References