CVE-2022-38861: Medium severity mplayer vulnerability
Published Sep 15, 2022
·Updated
The MPlayer Project mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 is vulnerable to memory corruption via function freempimage() of libmpcodecs/mpimage.c.
Affected Software
2 affected components
Mplayerhq Mplayer=svn-r38374-13.0.1
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Event History
Sep 15, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2022-38861?
CVE-2022-38861 has been classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for memory corruption.
2
How do I fix CVE-2022-38861?
To fix CVE-2022-38861, upgrade to a patched version of MPlayer that addresses the memory corruption issue.
3
Which versions of MPlayer are affected by CVE-2022-38861?
CVE-2022-38861 specifically affects MPlayer version svn-r38374-13.0.1.
4
What impact does CVE-2022-38861 have on affected systems?
Exploitation of CVE-2022-38861 can lead to possible application crashes or arbitrary code execution.
5
Is CVE-2022-38861 relevant for Debian users?
Yes, Debian GNU/Linux 10.0 is also vulnerable to CVE-2022-38861.