High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-628. A heap-based buffer over-read exists in AP4_BitStream::ReadBytes() in Codecs/Ap4BitStream.cpp, a similar issue to CVE-2017-14645. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the aac2mp4 binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-8378
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-628. A heap-based buffer over-read exists in AP4_BitStream::ReadBytes() in Codecs/Ap4BitStream.cpp, a similar issue to CVE-2017-14645. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to the aac2mp4 binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
osv:CVE-2019-8378
Complete source record
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