CVE-2020-21066
Published: 13 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-21066 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-13845
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Bento4 v1.5.1.0. There is a heap-buffer-overflow in AP4_Dec3Atom::AP4_Dec3Atom at Ap4Dec3Atom.cpp, leading to a denial of service (program crash), as demonstrated by mp42aac.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.