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FFmpeg before 8.1.3 and 9.x before 9.0.2 mbedTLS Hostname Verification Bypass for IP Hosts

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severity
medium
date
Affecting

  • FFmpeg >= 0, < 8.1.3

  • FFmpeg >= 9.0, < 9.0.2

CWE
  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
CVSS
6.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research)
Description
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 and 9.x before 9.0.2 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in tls_open() of libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c, which skips hostname checks for IP-address hosts. Network attackers can intercept https, rtmps, or tls connections to IP-literal URLs with any trusted CA-issued certificate to read and tamper with streams.

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