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 | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpeg | Aug 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-ffmpegdebian-upgrade-libav | Mar 8, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 | |
| Ffmpeg | ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_5 | Sep 29, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-ffmpegfreebsd-upgrade-package-mplayerfreebsd-upgrade-package-mencoder | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-ffmpeggentoo-linux-upgrade-media-video-libav | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 14, 2016 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-ffmpegsuse-upgrade-libavcodec-develsuse-upgrade-libavcodec57suse-upgrade-libavdevice57suse-upgrade-libavfilter6suse-upgrade-libavformat-develsuse-upgrade-libavformat57suse-upgrade-libavresample-develsuse-upgrade-libavresample3suse-upgrade-libavutil-develsuse-upgrade-libavutil55suse-upgrade-libpostproc-develsuse-upgrade-libpostproc54suse-upgrade-libswresample-develsuse-upgrade-libswresample2suse-upgrade-libswscale-develsuse-upgrade-libswscale4 | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libavcodec53ubuntu-upgrade-libavformat53 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 14, 2016 |
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