CVE-2024-38519 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in Youtube-dl
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 2
Description
`yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to the fixed versions, `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` do not limit the extensions of downloaded files, which could lead to arbitrary filenames being created in the download folder (and path traversal on Windows). Since `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` also read config from the working directory (and on Windows executables will be executed from the `yt-dlp` or `youtube-dl` directory), this could lead to arbitrary code being executed.
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages6 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2024-38519: youtube-dl - `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to the...↗2024