Information Exposure Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,2.8.12)[3.0,3.1.9)[3.2,3.2.6)[3.3,3.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369014
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Jun 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9993  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 2.8.12, 3.1.9, 3.2.6, 3.3.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.9, 3.2.x before 3.2.6, and 3.3.x before 3.3.2 does not properly restrict HTTP Live Streaming filename extensions and demuxer names, which allows attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted playlist data.

CVSS Scores

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