VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-38851

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via function read_meta_record() of mplayer/libmpdemux/asfheader.c.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via function read_meta_record() of mplayer/libmpdemux/asfheader.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125
Affected: mplayerhq/mencoder · mplayerhq/mplayer · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2393Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2393Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.