vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-6360): mpv vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 28, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 28, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-mpv
References
- CVE-2018-6360
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6360
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-4105
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-18117
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-18117
- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43
- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6360
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