Description
A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS playlist parsing. This vulnerability allows a denial of service via a maliciously crafted HLS playlist that triggers a null pointer dereference during initialization.
Published: 2024-12-31
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4440-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58826 A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS playlist parsing. This vulnerability allows a denial of service via a maliciously crafted HLS playlist that triggers a null pointer dereference during initialization.
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-99

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00545}

epss

{'score': 0.00591}


Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS playlist parsing. This vulnerability allows a denial of service via a maliciously crafted HLS playlist that triggers a null pointer dereference during initialization.
Title Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing
Weaknesses CWE-99
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-21T16:04:01.868Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T06:53:24.259Z

Link: CVE-2023-6603

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-31T14:59:25.344Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-12-31T15:15:07.490

Modified: 2025-08-21T16:15:30.363

Link: CVE-2023-6603

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses