CVE-2023-6601 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ffmpeg	Ffmpeg

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

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

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00004.html

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00037}`	epss `{'score': 0.00047}`

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Ffmpeg: hls unsafe file extension bypass in ffmpeg
Weaknesses		CWE-99
References		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253172
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2025-01-06T16:41:14.621Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:29:00.544Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T06:52:14.817Z

Link: CVE-2023-6601

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:29:00.544Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-06T17:15:14.217

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:16:06.793

Link: CVE-2023-6601

Redhat

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