Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-38860
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mplayer package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Divide By Zero via function demux_open_avi() of libmpdemux/demux_avi.c which affects mencoder. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38860 |
| Debian:13 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38860 |
| Debian:14 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38860 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mplayer | 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1 | USN-5895-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mplayer | 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38860 |