CVE-2016-1898

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    CVE-2016-1898

    Published: 15 Jan 2016Last Modified: 17 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html, 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, https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08, http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2b8b2ba19fe0ca6594cb09439b9ead2c328a79d8
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0
    2.0.1
    2.0.2
    2.0.3
    2.0.4
    2.0.5
    2.0.6
    2.0.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High