CVE-2022-38863

Publication date 15 September 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mplayer 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5895-1
    • MPlayer vulnerabilities
    • 27 February 2023

Other references