What is CVE-2023-6601?

CVE-2023-6601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Resource Injection. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-6601?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6601 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Ffmpeg

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ffmpeg

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6601?: CVE-2023-6601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Resource Injection. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-6601?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6601 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.