CVE-2017-14641
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp...
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-14641- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-14641- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6141 No score
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6141- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f8f6-m278-2wgp
6.5
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp...
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-f8f6-m278-2wgp- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-14641- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14641
6.5
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_DataAtom class in MetaData/Ap4MetaData.cpp in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14641- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kodi-inputstream-adaptiveUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.6.14+ds1-12.6.23+ds1-119.0.0+ds1-119.0.0+ds1-2 |
None known |
kodi-inputstream-adaptiveUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20.3.11+ds-120.3.17+ds-420.3.18+ds-120.3.18+ds-1build1 |
None known |
kodi-inputstream-adaptiveUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 21.5.9+ds-1 |
None known |
kodi-inputstream-adaptiveUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 21.5.16+ds-1 |
None known |
kodi-inputstream-adaptiveUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 21.5.9+ds-121.5.16+ds-1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-14641 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Bento4, published September 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.67%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/184
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-null-pointer-dereference-in-ap4_dataatomap4_dataatom-ap4metadata-cpp
github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/41cad602709436628f07b4c4f64e9ff7a611f687
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14641
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8f6-m278-2wgp
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14641
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14641