5.5

CVE-2022-38853: mplayerhq mencoder Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38853DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38853
Published 15-09-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-38853 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in mplayerhq mencoder. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (trac.mplayerhq.hu)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mplayerhq2 products
Debian1 product
  • mplayer< 2:1.5+svn38408-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • mplayerAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

4 links