CVE-2022-38858 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2022-38858?

CVE-2022-38858 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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

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

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38858?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mplayerhq Mencoder, Mplayerhq Mplayer.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38858?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-38858 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38858 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38858, GHSA-g2hw-2mm9-fqpj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38858.