CVE-2018-6360
mpv through 0.28.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site,...
CVE-2018-6360 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Mpv, published January 28, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.59%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in mpv 0.27.0-r3.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6360- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18117 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18117- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rj86-j8mq-h692
8.8
mpv through 0.28.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site,...
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.
- Record
GHSA-rj86-j8mq-h692- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-6360
8.8
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.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
8.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-6360
8.8
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6360
8.8
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0130 No score
Updated mpv packages fix security vulnerability
Josef Gajdusek reported that mpv 0.27.0 was vulnerable to an attack through it's youtube-dl hook. This could cause remote code execution. This upstream update creates of list of sure protocols to use through the hook.
- Record
MGASA-2018-0130- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11062-1 No score
libmpv1-0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libmpv1-0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11062-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mpvAlpine:v3.10 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.11 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.12 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.13 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.14 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.15 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.16 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.17 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.18 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.19 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mpvAlpine:v3.20 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.21 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.22 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.23 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.24 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.7 |
before 0.27.0-r2 | 0.27.0-r2 |
mpvAlpine:v3.8 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvAlpine:v3.9 |
before 0.27.0-r3 | 0.27.0-r3 |
mpvDebian:12 |
before 0.27.0-3 | 0.27.0-3 |
mpvDebian:13 |
before 0.27.0-3 | 0.27.0-3 |
mpvDebian:14 |
before 0.27.0-3 | 0.27.0-3 |
mpvDebian:9 |
before 0.23.0-2+deb9u1, plus listed versions 0.23.0-2 |
0.23.0-2+deb9u1 |
mpvMageia:6 |
before 0.27.2-1.mga6 | 0.27.2-1.mga6 |
mpvUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.2-1ubuntu20.12.0-10.14.0-10.14.0-1build1 |
None known |
mpvUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 0.27.2-1ubuntu1, plus listed versions 0.26.0-3ubuntu10.26.0-3ubuntu20.27.0-2ubuntu20.27.0-2ubuntu30.27.0-2ubuntu4 |
0.27.2-1ubuntu1 |
mpvopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4 | 0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected, aliases, references | OSV |
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05
github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6360
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rj86-j8mq-h692
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-6360
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6360
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0130.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22558
github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases/tag/v0.27.2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6360
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6360
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6360