CVE-2016-1898 describes a vulnerability in FFmpeg 2.x that allows remote attackers to perform cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary local files. This is achieved by manipulating HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 files to include a subfile protocol, which then triggers an external HTTP request containing a line from a local file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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