Axiomatic Bento4 DSI v1 Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp SkipBits heap-based overflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0-641. Affected is the function AP4_BitReader::SkipBits of the file Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp of the component DSI v1 Parser. Such manipulation of the argument n_presentations leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5236
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jwv-5qpr-m876
References
More Axiomatic vulnerabilities
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- TI-2022-03369 Axiomatic Bento4 avcinfo Ap4BitStream.cpp WriteBytes heap-based overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-03367 Axiomatic Bento4 mp42hls Ap4Sample.h GetOffset use after free CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-5236 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5236 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9jwv-5qpr-m876 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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