CVE-2022-38600 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in MPlayer allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-38600?
CVE-2022-38600 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 is vulnerable to Memory Leak via vf.c and vf_vo.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38600?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mplayerhq Mplayer.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38600?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-38600 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38600 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38600, GHSA-26gf-57vw-hc28, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38600.