CVE-2016-1897 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Ffmpeg
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
52.1%
top 2.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 15
Latest updateMay 14
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04