Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43033

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 19 October 2022

Published
19 October 2022
Modified
08 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.7th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43033 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) 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

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.6.0-639. There is a bad free in the component AP4_HdlrAtom::~AP4_HdlrAtom() which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

axiosys
bento4
1.6.0-639

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References