CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-1451

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Mar 17, 2023 | Modified: May 17, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

A vulnerability was found in MP4v2 2.1.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mp4v2::impl::MP4Track::GetSampleFileOffset of the file mp4track.cpp. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223296.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mp4v2 Mp4v2_project 2.1.2 (including) 2.1.2 (including)
Mp4v2 Ubuntu bionic *
Mp4v2 Ubuntu trusty *
Mp4v2 Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

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