Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in FFmpeg 2.x via Cross-Origin Attacks

Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in FFmpeg 2.x via Cross-Origin Attacks

CVE-2016-1898 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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