ffmpeg: A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS demuxer
CVE-2023-6601 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6601, released January 6, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| ffmpeg · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 7:6.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6601 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| ffmpeg · Debian 14 | 7:6.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6601 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| ffmpeg-4 · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 4.4.6-150600.13.38.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0198-1 | Jan 21, 2026 |
| ffmpeg-4 · sles 15.7 | 4.4.7-150600.13.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2445-1 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| ffmpeg-7 · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 7.1.4-160000.1.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21211-1 | Jul 2, 2026 |
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