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CVE-2016-1898 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932 CVE, MITRE
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1 CVE, MITRE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09 CVE, MITRE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08 CVE, MITRE
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1898
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE