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mplayer — security advisory
Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mov_build_index() of libmpdemux/demux_mov.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
- Products
- mplayer
- Affected versions
- 2:1.2-1, 2:1.2-1build1, 2:1.2.1-1, 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1, 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm1, 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, 2:1.3.0-7ubuntu0.2, 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1, 2:1.3.0-8build4, 2:1.3.0-8build5, 2:1.4+ds1-1, 2:1.4+ds1-2, 2:1.4+ds1-3, 2:1.4+ds1-3build1, 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1, 2:1.5+svn38423-2build1, 2:1.5+svn38446-1, 2:1.5+svn38446-1build3, 2:1.5+svn38446-1build4, 2:1.5+svn38446-1build5, 2:1.5+svn38674-1, 2:1.5+svn38674-2, 2:1.5+svn38674-3build1, 2:1.5+svn38674-3build2, 2:1.5+svn38674-3build3, 2:1.5+svn38674-5, 2:1.5+svn38674-5build1, 2:1.5+svn38681-1, 2:1.5+svn38681-1build1, 2:1.5+svn38681-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-38856
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function mov_build_index() of libmpdemux/demux_mov.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38856
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Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:03.353585009Z",
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