What is CVE-2022-38862?

CVE-2022-38862 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mplayerhq Mencoder, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-38862?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mplayerhq Mencoder

CVE-2022-38862

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mplayerhq Mencoder — versions svn-r38374-13.0.1
Mplayerhq Mplayer — versions svn-r38374-13.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38862?: CVE-2022-38862 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mplayerhq Mencoder, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-38862?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.