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CVE-2022-38855

Published: Sep 15, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 72.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function gen_sh_video () of mplayer/libmpdemux/demux_mov.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

mplayerhq
oss-projectaka mplayer, mencoder
mencoderOn-prem
Consumer Software / media-player
mplayerOn-prem
Consumer Software / media-player
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
The MPlayer Team
oss-projectaka mplayer
mplayerMixed
Consumer Software / media-player
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00042.html
lists.debian.org
https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2392
trac.mplayerhq.hu
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/mplayer.git/commit/2f6e69e59e2614acdde5505b049c48f80a3d0eb7
git.ffmpeg.org
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