Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-40738
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the kodi-inputstream-adaptive package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Bento4 through 1.6.0-639. A NULL pointer dereference occurs in AP4_DescriptorListWriter::Action in Core/Ap4Descriptor.h, called from AP4_EsDescriptor::WriteFields and AP4_Expandable::Write.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kodi-inputstream-adaptive | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40738 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kodi-inputstream-adaptive | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40738 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kodi-inputstream-adaptive | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40738 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | kodi-inputstream-adaptive | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40738 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | kodi-inputstream-adaptive | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40738 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/756 x_refsource_MISC