Out-of-bounds Write Affecting mplayer package, versions <2:1.5+svn38408-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MPLAYER-5689598
  • published17 Sept 2022
  • disclosed15 Sept 2022

Introduced: 15 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mplayer to version 2:1.5+svn38408-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mplayer package and not the mplayer package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via read_avi_header() of libmpdemux/aviheader.c . This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

CVSS Scores

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