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Unscored USN-5895-1 10 CVEs

mplayer vulnerabilities

Published Feb 27, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to divide by zero when
processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-38850, CVE-2022-38860, CVE-2022-38865)

It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to read out of bounds when
processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-38851)

It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to write out of bounds when
processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38855, CVE-2022-38858,
CVE-2022-38863, CVE-2022-38864, CVE-2022-38866)

It was discovered that MPlayer did not properly managed memory when
processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38861)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS mplayer 2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS mplayer 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS mplayer 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS mplayer 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 10

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38850
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38851
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38855
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38858
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38860
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38861
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38863
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38864
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38865
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38866