5.5

CVE-2016-1897: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1897DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1897
Published 15-01-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1897 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 14.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
14.62%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-3506-1MGASA-2016-0060OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1

Timeline

  1. 15-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FFmpeg 2.x allows remote attackers to conduct cross-origin attacks and read arbitrary files by using the concat protocol in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) M3U8 file, leading to an external HTTP request in which the URL string contains the first line of a local file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

14.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 14.62% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
14.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (security.stackexchange.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (habrahabr.ru)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • ffmpeg< 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
  • libav< 6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:2.8.5-1
Ffmpeg1 product
  • ffmpegEOL2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.11 | 2.2.12 | 2.2.13 | 2.2.14 | 2.2.15 | 2.2.16 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.4 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.7 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.10 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.7 | 2.5.8 | 2.5.9 | 2.6 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.7 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.8 | 2.8:dev | 2.8.1 | 2.8.2 | 2.8.3 | 2.8.4
Opensuse1 product

5 vendors · 6 products

References

16 links
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