CVE-2021-42917

Published: Nov 1, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Kodi: Kodi

Kodi

1 product

Kodi

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kodi Kodi	Before 19.0

Related CWEs

CWE-120

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

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (10)

https://github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/48730b64494798705d46dfccc4029bd36d072df3

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/20305

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/20306

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237