CVE-2018-6360

Public Exploit

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.59%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43 third party advisory patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-6360?
CVE-2018-6360 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-6360?
To fix CVE-2018-6360, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-6360 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-6360 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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