Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function asf_init_audio_stream() of libmpdemux/asfheader.c.

published 2022-09-15 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-41412

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

distros 1

mplayer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:1.5+svn38408-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38853

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Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

trac.mplayerhq.hu https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2398 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

trac.mplayerhq.hu /ticket/2398
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38853
NVD CVE-2022-38853

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