CVE-2022-38861 Memory corruption in n/a
MPlayer suffers from memory corruption in image handling, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash the application via malicious media files.
- 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-2022-38861?
CVE-2022-38861 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
The MPlayer Project mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 is vulnerable to memory corruption via function free_mp_image() of libmpcodecs/mp_image.c.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38861?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mplayerhq Mplayer.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38861?
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-2022-38861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38861, GHSA-6w49-rxh8-qm8r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38861.