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CVE-2016-1897
published 2016-01-15

CVE-2016-1897: 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…

PriorityP336medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
14.62%
96.2th percentile
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.

Affected

88 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Detect use of the 'concat' protocol within HLS M3U8 files processed by FFmpeg, which is the attack vector for this CVE
  • Monitor outbound HTTP requests from FFmpeg processes where the URL contains file content (first line of a local file), indicating successful SSRF/cross-origin file read exploitation
  • ·Vulnerability is scoped as 'local' by Debian; affected versions are FFmpeg 2.x. Fixed in FFmpeg 2.8.5-1 across Debian stable/testing/unstable tracks.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
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