CVE-2016-1898
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7:2.8.5-1 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.0.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.1.8 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.8 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.9 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.10 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.11 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.12 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.13 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.14 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.15 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.2.16 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.3.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.8 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.9 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.10 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.11 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.4.12 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.8 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.5.9 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.5 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.6.6 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.7 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.7.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.7.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.7.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.7.4 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.8 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.8.1 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.8.2 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.8.3 | |
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | 2.8.4 | |
References
- http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1898
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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