CVE-2018-6360
HIGHmpv < 0.28.0 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted VIDEO Element URL
Title source: llmDescription
mpv through 0.28.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, because it reads HTML documents containing VIDEO elements, and accepts arbitrary URLs in a src attribute without a protocol whitelist in player/lua/ytdl_hook.lua. For example, an av://lavfi:ladspa=file= URL signifies that the product should call dlopen on a shared object file located at an arbitrary local pathname. The issue exists because the product does not consider that youtube-dl can provide a potentially unsafe URL.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0264
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mpv/mpv
< 0.28.0
Published
Jan 28, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026