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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ffmpeg | Aug 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libavUpgrade ffmpeg | Mar 8, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ffmpeg | — | Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.8.5 | Sep 29, 2017 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mencoderUpgrade ffmpegUpgrade mplayer | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-video/ffmpeg.Upgrade media-video/libav. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpostproc54Upgrade libavutil55Upgrade libswresample-develUpgrade libavcodec57Upgrade libavutil-develUpgrade libswresample2Upgrade libavdevice57Upgrade libavfilter6Upgrade libavresample-develUpgrade libavcodec-develUpgrade libavresample3Upgrade libpostproc-develUpgrade libswscale-develUpgrade ffmpegUpgrade libavformat57Upgrade libavformat-develUpgrade libswscale4 | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavcodec53Upgrade libavformat53 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
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