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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| 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 mplayerUpgrade ffmpegUpgrade mencoder | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-video/ffmpeg.Upgrade media-video/libav. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libswscale-develUpgrade libavdevice57Upgrade libavfilter6Upgrade libavcodec-develUpgrade libavresample3Upgrade libswresample2Upgrade libavresample-develUpgrade libpostproc-develUpgrade libavformat57Upgrade libswscale4Upgrade libavformat-develUpgrade ffmpegUpgrade libavcodec57Upgrade libavutil-develUpgrade libswresample-develUpgrade libpostproc54Upgrade libavutil55 | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavcodec53Upgrade libavformat53 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
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