CVE-2016-1898
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.02% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- ffmpeg/ffmpeg · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 16.1% on 21 September 2026 to 13.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447
- http://habrahabr.ru/company/mailru/blog/274855Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00034.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3506
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80501
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034932
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.529036
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772447
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.