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CVE-2025-8537: Axiomatic Bento4 · Allocation of Resources

Affects Axiomatic Bento4Source CVE Database V5

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Public exploit available · CVSS 6.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Axiomatic Bento4Affected
  • =1.6.0-641
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-8537, European organizations should first verify if their software stack includes affected versions of Bento4 (up to 1.6.0-641). Since no official patches are currently linked, organizations should monitor Axiomatic's official channels for security updates or patches addressing this vulnerability. In the interim, applying strict input validation and sanitization on all MP4 data processed by Bento4 can reduce the risk of maliciously crafted inputs triggering the resource allocation flaw. Implementing resource usage limits and monitoring on processes using Bento4 can help detect and prevent resource exhaustion attacks. Network-level protections such as rate limiting and anomaly detection can further reduce exposure to remote exploitation attempts. Organizations should also consider isolating Bento4 processing components in sandboxed or containerized environments to limit potential impact. Finally, maintaining up-to-date threat intelligence and preparing incident response plans for potential denial of service scenarios will enhance resilience.

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0-641. Affected is the function AP4_DataBuffer::SetDataSize of the file Mp4Decrypt.cpp of the component mp4decrypt. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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