CVE-2018-7339

The MP4Atom class in mp4atom.cpp in MP4v2 through 2.0.0 mishandles Entry Number validation for the MP4 Table Property, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow, insufficient memory allocation, and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp4 file.

Published: 2018-02-23 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-7339 is rated Moderate Risk (57.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-7339

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-09 0.47% 0.44% -0.02%
2 2025-03-30 1.37% 0.47% -0.90%
3 2025-03-29 1.37%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-7339

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-7339

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-7339

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-7339 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mp4v2), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 15, needed 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7339

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-7339

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mp4v2_project mp4v2 <= 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mp4v2_project:mp4v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-7339

URL Tags
https://github.com/pingsuewim/libmp4_bof Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence