CVE-2022-32317
Published: 14 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-32317 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Mplayerhq Mplayer. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-53499
Vulnerability details
The MPlayer Project v1.5 was discovered to contain a heap use-after-free resulting in a double free in the preinit function at libvo/vo_v4l2.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted file. The device=strdup statement is…
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not executed on every call. Note: This has been disputed by third parties as invalid and not reproduceable.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.