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CVE-2022-38863 — Mplayerhq Mencoder security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mp_getbits() of libmpdemux/mpeg_hdr.c which affects mencoder and mplayer. This affects mecoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2022-09-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Affected products

  • mplayerhq / mencoder / svn-r38374-13.0.1
  • mplayerhq / mplayer / svn-r38374-13.0.1
  • debian / debian_linux / 10.0

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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