Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2023-6605

A flaw was found in FFmpeg's DASH playlist support. This vulnerability allows arbitrary HTTP GET requests to be made on behalf of the machine running FFmpeg via a crafted DASH playlist containing malicious URLs.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-6605: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6605?
CVE-2023-6605 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Resource Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-6605?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6605 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.