CVE-2025-0751
Published: 27 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0751 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Axiosys Bento4. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked in the top 31.8% 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-2025-1852
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0. This affects the function AP4_BitReader::ReadBits of the component mp42aac. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit…
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has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Heap-based buffer overflow in Bento4 mp42aac (AP4_BitReader::ReadBits) exploitable via crafted MP4/AAC files enables arbitrary code execution in client applications processing media, mapping to Exploitation for Client Execution.
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.