FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the concat protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains the first 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 ffmpegUpgrade libav | Mar 8, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ffmpeg | — | Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.7.5Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.8.5Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.6.7Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.5.10Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.4.13 | Sep 29, 2017 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mplayerUpgrade mencoderUpgrade ffmpeg | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-video/libav.Upgrade media-video/ffmpeg. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libavutil55Upgrade libpostproc54Upgrade libswresample-develUpgrade libavdevice57Upgrade libavcodec57Upgrade ffmpegUpgrade libavformat57Upgrade libpostproc-develUpgrade libavcodec-develUpgrade libavutil-develUpgrade libswscale-develUpgrade libswresample2Upgrade libavresample3Upgrade libavformat-develUpgrade libavfilter6Upgrade libavresample-develUpgrade libswscale4 | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavcodec53Upgrade libavformat53 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
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