Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mp4v2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-MP4V2-458920
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed20 Sept 2018

Introduced: 20 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17236  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mp4v2 package and not the mp4v2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The function MP4Free() in mp4property.cpp in libmp4v2 2.1.0 internally calls free() on a invalid pointer, raising a SIGABRT signal.