CVE-2017-9993

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9993
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-28 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-26 17:56:00 UTC
DescriptionFFmpeg 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FFmpeg CVE-2017-9993 Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3957-1 ffmpeg DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
avformat/avidec: Limit formats in gab2 to srt and ass/ssa · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@a5d849b · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
avformat/hls: Check local file extensions · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@189ff42 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1630-1] libav security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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