# CVE-2018-6360: Code injection in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted websites due to unsafe URL handling in mpv's youtube-dl hook.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6360, DSA-4105-1, GHSA-rj86-j8mq-h692, MGASA-2018-0130, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6360, openSUSE-SU-2024:11062-1

## What is CVE-2018-6360?

CVE-2018-6360 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6360?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mpv` | openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4 |

Products: Debian Debian Linux, Mpv Mpv.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-6360?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2018-6360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6360 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-6360 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6360/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6360
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6360
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6360

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6360/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.