CVE-2022-3662
Published: 26 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-3662 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-43021
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Axiomatic Bento4. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function GetOffset of the file Ap4Sample.h of the component mp42hls. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack can be initiated remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-212002 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
- 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.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.