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…

PriorityP423medium4.7CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLINAN

EPSS

0.40%

32.3th percentile

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

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ffmpeg	< ffmpeg 7:6.1-1 (forky)	ffmpeg 7:6.1-1 (forky)
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:6.1-1	7:6.1-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:6.1-1	7:6.1-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	2.0 – 6.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

osv4.7MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.7MEDIUM

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