# CVE-2026-5236: Axiomatic Bento4 DSI v1 Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp SkipBits heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-03

## Affected

- Axiomatic Bento4: 1.6.0-641

## Description

A vulnerability was identified in Axiomatic Bento4 up to 1.6.0-641. Affected is the function AP4_BitReader::SkipBits of the file Ap4Dac4Atom.cpp of the component DSI v1 Parser. Such manipulation of the argument n_presentations leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Axiomatic Bento4, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/354387
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/354387/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/780473
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/1059
- https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/1059#issue-4078584738

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