CVE-2023-6601

A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS demuxer. This vulnerability allows bypassing unsafe file extension checks and triggering arbitrary demuxers via base64-encoded data URIs appended with specific file extensions.

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253172	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00004.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-06 17:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 20:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-6601

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6601

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Products Affected

ffmpeg

ffmpeg

CWE

CWE-99

Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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