diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 3b58c9c814a2..2a3415784b67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
             --replace 'const AVInputFormat *const ' 'const AVInputFormat *'
         '';
       })
+      (fetchpatch2 {
+        name = "CVE-2023-51794.patch";
+        url = "https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/patch/50f0f8c53c818f73fe2d752708e2fa9d2a2d8a07";
+        hash = "sha256-5G9lmKjMEa0+vqbA8EEiNIr6QG+PeEoIL+uZP4Hlo28=";
+      })
     ]
     ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "5" && lib.versionOlder version "6") [
       (fetchpatch2 {