CVE-2023-6604 Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7.1.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-FFMPEG-17299857
  • published11 Jun 2026
  • disclosed6 Jan 2025

Introduced: 6 Jan 2025

CVE-2023-6604  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 ffmpeg to version 7.1.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.