CVE-2016-1898
N/A
Published: January 15, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapFFMPEG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%2.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.12.1.12.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1.72.1.82.22.2.12.2.102.2.112.2.122.2.132.2.142.2.152.2.162.2.22.2.32.2.42.2.52.2.62.2.72.2.82.2.92.32.3.12.3.22.3.32.3.42.3.52.3.62.42.4.12.4.102.4.112.4.122.4.22.4.32.4.42.4.52.4.62.4.72.4.82.4.92.52.5.12.5.22.5.32.5.42.5.52.5.62.5.72.5.82.5.92.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.42.6.52.6.62.72.7.12.7.22.7.32.7.42.82.8 dev2.8.12.8.22.8.32.8.4
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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