Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-23082
Medium 4.6
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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi Home Theater Software up to 19.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to an improper length of the value passed to the offset argument.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | kodi | 2:20.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Debian:13 | kodi | 2:20.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Debian:14 | kodi | 2:20.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23082 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23082 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/22377
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/8c2aafb6d4987833803e037c923aaf83f9ff41e1
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22380
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22380/commits/00fec1dbdd1df827872c7b55ad93059636dfc076
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22380/commits/7e5f9fbf9aaa3540aab35e7504036855b23dcf60
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