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
Published Jan 28, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.59%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 9.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02593) | 84.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02642) | 83.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 67.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 2.60% (0.02595) | 90.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 2.60% (0.02595) | 89.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2023 | 2.64% (0.02637) | 89.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 2.57% (0.02572) | 88.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2023 | 3.59% (0.03594) | 90.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.92% (0.04918) | 91.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.24% (0.04236) | 87.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.12% (0.04124) | 68.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.42% (0.02418) | 53.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.42% (0.02418) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (4)
- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/e6e6b0dcc7e9b0dbf35154a179b3dc1fcfcaff43 | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-05 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4105 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
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