Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting bento4 package, versions *
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- published7 Aug 2025
- disclosed5 Aug 2025
- creditXudong Cao, Yuqing Zhang
Introduced: 5 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-8537 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for bento4.
Overview
bento4 is a Full-featured MP4 format, MPEG DASH, HLS, CMAF SDK and tools.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the SetDataSize function in Mp4Decrypt.cpp of the mp4decrypt component. An attacker can cause excessive resource allocation by sending specially crafted input remotely.