The MP4 box header parser converts each 4-byte box name to an atom using String.to_atom/1 without validation. 'Elixir.Membrane.MP4.Container.Header':parse_box_name/1 in lib/membrane_mp4/container/header.ex interns every box name encountered while 'Elixir.Membrane.MP4.Container.Header':parse/1 walks the input. BEAM atoms are never garbage-collected, so each unique attacker-controlled 4-byte name is a permanent allocation. A crafted MP4 of approximately 8 MB containing roughly 1.1 million boxes with distinct non-standard names exhausts the atom table (default ceiling around 1,048,576 atoms), aborting the entire BEAM node and taking down all applications running on it.
This issue affects membrane_mp4_plugin from 0.3.0 before 0.36.7.
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| Description | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in membraneframework membrane_mp4_plugin allows unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion. The MP4 box header parser converts each 4-byte box name to an atom using String.to_atom/1 without validation. 'Elixir.Membrane.MP4.Container.Header':parse_box_name/1 in lib/membrane_mp4/container/header.ex interns every box name encountered while 'Elixir.Membrane.MP4.Container.Header':parse/1 walks the input. BEAM atoms are never garbage-collected, so each unique attacker-controlled 4-byte name is a permanent allocation. A crafted MP4 of approximately 8 MB containing roughly 1.1 million boxes with distinct non-standard names exhausts the atom table (default ceiling around 1,048,576 atoms), aborting the entire BEAM node and taking down all applications running on it. This issue affects membrane_mp4_plugin from 0.3.0 before 0.36.7. | |
| Title | Unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion in membrane_mp4_plugin | |
| First Time appeared |
Membraneframework
Membraneframework membrane Mp4 Plugin |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:membraneframework:membrane_mp4_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Membraneframework
Membraneframework membrane Mp4 Plugin |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-11T12:11:18.865Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T11:01:47.529Z
Link: CVE-2026-53423
Updated: 2026-06-11T12:09:36.211Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-06-11T12:16:31.810
Modified: 2026-06-11T15:35:37.873
Link: CVE-2026-53423
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-11T19:27:49Z