CVE-2023-6604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in FFmpeg. This vulnerability allows unexpected additional CPU load and storage consumption, potentially leading to degraded performance or denial of service via the demuxing of arbitrary data as XBIN-formatted data without proper format validation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

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=2334337
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00004.html

History

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

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

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

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CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::

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

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Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00191}`	epss `{'score': 0.00183}`

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A flaw was found in FFmpeg. This vulnerability allows unexpected additional CPU load and storage consumption, potentially leading to degraded performance or denial of service via the demuxing of arbitrary data as XBIN-formatted data without proper format validation.
Title		Ffmpeg: hls xbin demuxer dos amplification in ffmpeg
Weaknesses		CWE-99
References		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334337
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2025-01-06T16:41:42.345Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:29:03.485Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T06:53:59.354Z

Link: CVE-2023-6604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:29:03.485Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-06T17:15:14.413

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:16:07.137

Link: CVE-2023-6604

Redhat

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