Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42917
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the kodi package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | kodi | 2:19.3+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Debian:13 | kodi | 2:19.3+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Debian:14 | kodi | 2:19.3+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917 |
Affected products (as reported)
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
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240123 [SECURITY] [DLA 3712-1] kodi security update mailing-list