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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)
