Out-of-bounds Write Affecting mplayer package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MPLAYER-3025237
  • published16 Sept 2022
  • disclosed15 Sept 2022

Introduced: 15 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 mplayer.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mplayer package and not the mplayer package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mp_getbits() of libmpdemux/mpeg_hdr.c which affects mencoder and mplayer. This affects mecoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

CVSS Scores

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