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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14646

The AP4_AvccAtom and AP4_HvccAtom classes in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617 do not properly validate data sizes, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash in AP4_DataBuffer::SetData in Core/Ap4DataBuffer.cpp.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-14646

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Sept 2017, 17:29 UTC

The AP4_AvccAtom and AP4_HvccAtom classes in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617 do not properly validate data sizes, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash in AP4_DataBuffer::SetData in Core/Ap4DataBuffer.cpp.

osv:CVE-2017-14646
Complete source record
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