CVE-2021-42917

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Published Nov 1, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi xbmc up to 19.0, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to improper length of values passed to istream.

Analysis

No analysis available yet

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kodi:kodi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3712-1	kodi security update

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.899% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/48730b64494798705d46dfccc4029bd36d072df3
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/20305
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/20306
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00009.html

History

Nov 18, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Kodi Kodi

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 18, 2024, 8:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 1, 2021, 12:00 AM
Updated: Nov 18, 2024, 8:46 PM
Reserved: Oct 25, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:47 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:47 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 1, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM

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