CVE-2017-8314 — Path Traversal in Kodi

CWE-22 — Path Traversal5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
KodiDebian KodiXbmc Foundation Kodi+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateAug 1

Description

Directory Traversal in Zip Extraction built-in function in Kodi 17.1 and earlier allows arbitrary file write on disk via a Zip file as subtitles.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/kodi< kodi 2:17.1+dfsg1-3 (bookworm)
▶Debiankodi/kodi< 2:17.1+dfsg1-3+2
▶NVDkodi/kodi17.1
▶CVEListV5xbmc_foundation/kodiv17.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xc9h-m4wq-vhxg: Directory Traversal in Zip Extraction built-in function in Kodi 17↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-8314: Directory Traversal in Zip Extraction built-in function in Kodi 17↗2017-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-8314: kodi - Directory Traversal in Zip Extraction built-in function in Kodi 17.1 and earlier...↗2017
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Hacked in Translation -- from Subtitles to Complete Takeover↗2024-08-01
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