CVE-2016-1898
Medium · 5.5CVSS
5.5
EPSS
13.0%
Published
Jan 15, 2016
CISA due date
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The record
FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the subfile protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains an arbitrary line of a local file.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | ffmpeg | 0 | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 0 | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| Debian:13 | ffmpeg | 0 | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| Debian:7 | libav | 0 | 6:0.8.17-2 |
| Debian:8 | libav | 0 | 6:11.6-1~deb8u1 |
| Mageia:5 | ffmpeg | 0 | 2.4.13-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | ffmpeg | 0 | 2.4.13-1.mga5.tainted |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ffmpeg | 0 | 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | libav | 0 | 6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 |
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