Security advisory

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      "references": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ap4_bytestouint32be-ap4utils-h/",
        "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/5eb8cf89d724ccb0b4ce5f24171ec7c11f0a7647",
        "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/187"
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  "published_at": "2017-09-21T17:29:00.34+00:00"
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