Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-5235Axiomatic Bento4 MP4 File Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp ReadCache heap-based overflow
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in Bento4 from Axiomatic. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0-641. This impacts the function AP4_BitReader::ReadCache of the file Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp of the component MP4 File Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-354386 | Axiomatic Bento4 MP4 File Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp ReadCache heap-based overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-354386 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #780472 | Bento4 <=1.6.0-641 Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/1058 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/1058#issue-4078583078 exploit, issue-tracking