[ GLSA 201805-05 ] mpv

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: mpv: Remote code execution (GLSA 201805-05)
Severity: high
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2018-05-14
Bug(s): #646886
ID: 201805-05

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in mpv that may allow a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code.


Background

Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2

Affected Packages

Package: media-video/mpv
Vulnerable: < 0.27.2
Unaffected: >= 0.27.2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

A vulnerability was discovered in mpv with the handling of HTML
documents containing VIDEO elements. Additionally, mpv accepts arbitrary
URLs in a src attribute without a protocol whitelist in
player/lua/ytdl_hook.lua.


Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing the user to visit a specially crafted web
site, could execute arbitrary code.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All mpv users should upgrade to the latest version: