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 ffmpegUpgrade libav | Mar 8, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ffmpeg | — | Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.8.5 | Sep 29, 2017 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mplayerUpgrade mencoderUpgrade ffmpeg | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-video/ffmpeg.Upgrade media-video/libav. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libavutil-develUpgrade libswresample-develUpgrade libavutil55Upgrade libpostproc54Upgrade libavcodec57Upgrade libavdevice57Upgrade libswscale-develUpgrade libswscale4Upgrade ffmpegUpgrade libavcodec-develUpgrade libavresample3Upgrade libpostproc-develUpgrade libswresample2Upgrade libavformat-develUpgrade libavresample-develUpgrade libavformat57Upgrade libavfilter6 | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavformat53Upgrade libavcodec53 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
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