UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38866
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38866
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Published
2022-09-15T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:50:22Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mplayer@2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.2-1
2:1.2-1build1
2:1.2.1-1
2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1
2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mencoder",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer-gui",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer2",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mplayer@2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.3.0-6build3
2:1.3.0-6build4
2:1.3.0-7
2:1.3.0-7build1
2:1.3.0-7build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mencoder",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer-gui",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mplayer@2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.3.0-8build4
2:1.3.0-8build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mencoder",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer-gui",
            "binary_version": "2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mplayer@2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.4+ds1-1
2:1.4+ds1-2
2:1.4+ds1-3
2:1.4+ds1-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mencoder",
            "binary_version": "2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer",
            "binary_version": "2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mplayer-gui",
            "binary_version": "2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}