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CVE-2017-14642

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14642 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability found in the AP4_HdlrAtom class of Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. This flaw can be triggered remotely, leading to a segmentation fault and application crash, effectively causing a denial of service. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0-617CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bento4:bento4:1.5.0-617:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/09/14/bento4-null-pointer-dereference-in-ap4_stdcfilebytestreamreadpartial-ap4stdcfilebytestream-cpp
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/22192de5367fa0cee985917f092be4060b7c00b0
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/185
ExploitThird Party Advisory