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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-42917
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi xbmc up to 19.0, allows...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/20305
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/20306
- https://github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/48730b64494798705d46dfccc4029bd36d072df3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00009.html
Affected Vendor
kodi
View all reports →Affected Software
kodi
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 1st, 2021
Last Modified:
November 18th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.