CVE-2022-3664
Published: 26 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-3664 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 41.5% 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-2022-43023
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Axiomatic Bento4. Affected is the function AP4_BitStream::WriteBytes of the file Ap4BitStream.cpp of the component avcinfo. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The…
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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212004.
- 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.