FFmpeg XBIN Demuxer DoS Vulnerability
CVE-2023-6604 Published on January 6, 2025
Ffmpeg: hls xbin demuxer dos amplification in ffmpeg
A flaw was found in FFmpeg. This vulnerability allows unexpected additional CPU load and storage consumption, potentially leading to degraded performance or denial of service via the demuxing of arbitrary data as XBIN-formatted data without proper format validation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-6604 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 82 days later.
Weakness Types
What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control.
CVE-2023-6604 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability or weakness.
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2023-6604 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-6604
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Exploit Probability
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