USN-5895-1

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USN-5895-1

Summary: mplayer vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to divide by zero when processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-38850, CVE-2022-38860, CVE-2022-38865) It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to read out of bounds when processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-38851) It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38855, CVE-2022-38858, CVE-2022-38863, CVE-2022-38864, CVE-2022-38866) It was discovered that MPlayer did not properly managed memory when processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38861)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5895-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38850, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38851, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38855, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38858, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38860, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38861, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38863, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38864, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38865, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38866