What is the severity of CVE-2022-38851?

CVE-2022-38851 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service through an out-of-bounds read.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38851?

To fix CVE-2022-38851, users should update to an unaffected version of MPlayer or MEncoder that resolves this vulnerability.

What products are affected by CVE-2022-38851?

CVE-2022-38851 affects MPlayer version SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and MEncoder version SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-38851?

CVE-2022-38851 represents an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the read_meta_record function of the ASF header parser.

Is CVE-2022-38851 exploitable remotely?

Yes, CVE-2022-38851 can potentially be exploited remotely if the vulnerable versions of MPlayer or MEncoder are used in a networked environment.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2022-38851

medium

5.5

CWE

125

15/9/2022

3/8/2024

CVE-2022-38851

First published: Thu Sep 15 2022(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
MPlayerHQ MEncoder	=svn-r38374-13.0.1
Gapless Player SimZip	=svn-r38374-13.0.1
Debian	=10.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-38851?
CVE-2022-38851 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service through an out-of-bounds read.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38851?
To fix CVE-2022-38851, users should update to an unaffected version of MPlayer or MEncoder that resolves this vulnerability.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-38851?
CVE-2022-38851 affects MPlayer version SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and MEncoder version SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-38851?
CVE-2022-38851 represents an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the read_meta_record function of the ASF header parser.
Is CVE-2022-38851 exploitable remotely?
Yes, CVE-2022-38851 can potentially be exploited remotely if the vulnerable versions of MPlayer or MEncoder are used in a networked environment.

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