diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.1.2.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.1.2.bb
index cccd9f65ab..aa5a8681cf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.1.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.1.2.bb
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ SRC_URI = "https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/${BP}.tar.xz \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "619e706d662c8420859832ddc259cd4d4096a48a2ce1eefd052db9e440eef3dc"
 
+# CVE-2023-39018 issue belongs to ffmpeg-cli-wrapper (Java wrapper around the FFmpeg CLI)
+# and not ffmepg itself.
+# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39018
+# https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-39018
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2023-39018"
+
 # Build fails when thumb is enabled: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7717
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv4 = "arm"
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv5 = "arm"