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CVE-2022-38862

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of...

7.8 High

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.35%Down 0.5 points since Sep 16, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Record
CVE-2022-38862
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Record
CVE-2022-38862
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-41421 No score

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Record
EUVD-2022-41421
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gvgm-6x66-j988 7.8

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of...

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Record
GHSA-gvgm-6x66-j988
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38862 7.8

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function play() of libaf/af.c:639. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38862
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mplayer
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.2-12:1.2-1build12:1.2.1-12:1.2.1-1ubuntu12:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.12:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.3.0-6build32:1.3.0-6build42:1.3.0-72:1.3.0-7build12:1.3.0-7build22:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.3.0-8build42:1.3.0-8build52:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.4+ds1-12:1.4+ds1-22:1.4+ds1-32:1.4+ds1-3build12:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.5+svn38423-2build12:1.5+svn38446-12:1.5+svn38446-1build32:1.5+svn38446-1build42:1.5+svn38446-1build5
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.5+svn38674-12:1.5+svn38674-2
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.5+svn38681-12:1.5+svn38681-1build12:1.5+svn38681-2
None known
mplayer
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.5+svn38674-22:1.5+svn38674-3build12:1.5+svn38674-3build22:1.5+svn38674-3build32:1.5+svn38674-52:1.5+svn38674-5build12:1.5+svn38681-1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-38862 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mplayerhq Mencoder, published September 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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