# CVE-2018-6360: mpv through 0.28.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, because it reads HTML documents containing VIDE

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-01-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05
- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105

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