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CVE-2023-6601
January 06, 2025
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 Packages
ffmpeg (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=4.2.1 <6.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.1
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=n5.2-dev <n6.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version n6.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.21