VulnerabilityPublished 2 Apr 2024Updated 31 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-30808: Bento4 · Use After Free

Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.7 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

2.7Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 46% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Apr 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-30808, organizations should first monitor Bento4 project communications for official patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. Until patches are released, restrict access to systems running vulnerable versions of Bento4, especially limiting high-privilege user access to reduce exploitation risk. Employ runtime memory protection mechanisms such as AddressSanitizer or similar tools during development and testing to detect use-after-free conditions early. Consider isolating media processing components in sandboxed or containerized environments to contain potential crashes and prevent broader service disruption. Review and harden privilege management policies to minimize the number of users with high-level access to affected systems. Additionally, implement robust monitoring and alerting for abnormal process terminations or crashes related to media processing applications. For organizations using Bento4 in production, conduct thorough testing of media workflows with crafted inputs to identify potential triggers of the vulnerability. Finally, maintain regular backups and incident response plans to quickly recover from any denial of service events.

Description

An issue was discovered in Bento4 v1.6.0-641-2-g1529b83. There is a heap-use-after-free in AP4_SubStream::~AP4_SubStream at Ap4ByteStream.cpp, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), as demonstrated by mp42ts.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2024-30808 is a denial of service condition caused by a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in Bento4. This can disrupt media processing pipelines, causing crashes or service interruptions in applications relying on Bento4 for handling media streams. While the vulnerability does not compromise confidentiality or integrity, availability impacts can affect user experience and operational continuity, especially in media streaming services or content delivery networks. Organizations with automated media processing workflows or real-time streaming may experience downtime or degraded service quality. Since exploitation requires high privileges, the risk of remote exploitation by unprivileged attackers is low, reducing the threat scope. However, insider threats or compromised privileged accounts could leverage this vulnerability to disrupt services. The absence of known exploits in the wild and the low CVSS score suggest limited immediate risk, but the potential for denial of service in critical media infrastructure warrants attention. Overall, the impact is moderate for organizations heavily dependent on Bento4, with minimal risk to others.

CWE-416Use After Free (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #7
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 26 Feb 2026, 16:59 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-416

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