{"id":"USN-5895-1","summary":"mplayer vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to divide by zero when\nprocessing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2022-38850, CVE-2022-38860, CVE-2022-38865)\n\nIt was discovered that MPlayer could be made to read out of bounds when\nprocessing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2022-38851)\n\nIt was discovered that MPlayer could be made to write out of bounds when\nprocessing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38855, CVE-2022-38858,\nCVE-2022-38863, CVE-2022-38864, CVE-2022-38866)\n\nIt was discovered that MPlayer did not properly managed memory when\nprocessing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38861)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:58Z","published":"2023-02-27T15:35:41Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38850","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38851","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38855","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38858","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38860","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38861","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38863","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38864","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38865","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-38850","CVE-2022-38851","CVE-2022-38855","CVE-2022-38858","CVE-2022-38860","CVE-2022-38861","CVE-2022-38863","CVE-2022-38864","CVE-2022-38865","CVE-2022-38866","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38850","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38851","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38855","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38858","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38860","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38861","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38863","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38864","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38865","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5895-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38850"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38851"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38855"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38858"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38860"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38861"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38863"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38864"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38865"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38866"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mplayer","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mplayer@2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:1.2-1","2:1.2-1build1","2:1.2.1-1","2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1","2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mencoder","binary_version":"2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mplayer","binary_version":"2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mplayer-gui","binary_version":"2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mplayer2","binary_version":"2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: 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