CVE-2018-1167: Spotify

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Spotify Music Player 1.0.69.336. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of URI handlers. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5501.

Affected products

• Spotify Spotify: version 1.0.69.336 only

Published 2018-04-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.