Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-30808

Memory Safety in Axiosys Bento4 1.6.0-641

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
02 April 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 2.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0057 44th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-30808 is a low-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4. Its CVSS base score is 2.7 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 44th 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 Data

An issue was discovered in Bento4 v1.6.0-641-2-g1529b83. There is a heap-use-after-free in AP4_SubStream::~AP4_SubStream at Ap4ByteStream.cpp, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), as demonstrated by mp42ts.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Heap-use-after-free in Bento4's mp42ts tool causes application crash (DoS) when processing malformed MP4 files, enabling endpoint denial of service via application exploitation.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-30807Same product: Axiosys Bento4
CVE-2024-30809Same product: Axiosys Bento4
CVE-2024-56772Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-25954Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-24491Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-41982Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-43742Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-26330Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-6424Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-14178Shared CWE-416

Affected Assets

axiosys
bento4
1.6.0-641

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 3 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.4.3

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.

addresses: CWE-416

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

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly incorporate memory-safety tooling and reviews that prevent most use-after-free defects.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover use-after-free issues via scanning or analysis but do not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching removes known use-after-free instances after they have been introduced in released software.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development can detect use-after-free bugs before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates memory-safety practices that reduce use-after-free defects.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify memory-management rules that mitigate use-after-free.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety design choices that limit use-after-free exposure.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly prescribe avoidance of use-after-free patterns.

prevents

Change-management processes help ensure memory-safety fixes are deployed consistently.

References