CVE-2023-6601

Published: Jan 6, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org (Secondary)

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Ffmpeg: Ffmpeg

Ffmpeg

1 product

Ffmpeg

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	From 2.0 to 6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-94

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

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

CWE-99

Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control.

References (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253172

Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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