CVE-2022-38866 json
Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via read_avi_header() of libmpdemux/aviheader.c . This affects mplay…
published 2022-09-15 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-41425
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- mplayer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:1.5+svn38408-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38866
- mplayer Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2
- mplayer Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
- mplayer Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1
- mplayer Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
Exploit prediction
0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
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trac.mplayerhq.hu
/ticket/2403#comment:2
vendor-advisory
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00042.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-38866
- NVD CVE-2022-38866
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