CVE-2021-42917
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 1, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKodi
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/48730b64494798705d46dfccc4029bd36d072df3ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/20305SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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