CVE-2023-6605 | Ffmpeg: dash playlist ssrf vulnerability in ffmpeg

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: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-6605 is rated Low Risk (37.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6605

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-14 0.17% 0.09% -0.08%
2 2025-11-02 0.08% 0.17% +0.09%
3 2025-06-18 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-6605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 2.7 [email protected]
7.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-6605

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-6605

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2023-6605: 1 source package rows (ffmpeg); 2 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 2, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6605
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-6605 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6605
suse high CVE-2023-6605 severity important: SUSE including 29 source package names (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-private-devel, …), 466 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (35 product lines)): Known Not Affected 466. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6605/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-6605 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, libav), 17 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, ignored 3, needed 3, released 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-6605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg >= 2.0, <= 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-6605

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