CVE-2018-6360
Publication date 28 January 2018
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mpv | 25.10 questing |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 25.04 plucky |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |