Is CVE-2022-38851 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-38851 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-38851?

CVE-2022-38851 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-38851?

CVE-2022-38851 has an EPSS score of 0.32% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38851?

Upgrade mplayer on debian 11 to 2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-38851

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via function read_meta_record() of mplayer/libmpdemux/asfheader.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

mplayerDebian

Fixed in:2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1CVE-2022-38851

Fixed in:2:1.5+svn38408-1CVE-2022-38851

mencoderUbuntu

Fixed in:2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu1.1USN-5895-1

mplayerUbuntu

Fixed in:2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1USN-5895-1

Fixed in:2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu1.1USN-5895-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

trac.mplayerhq.hu

Third-Party Advisory1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.