What is CVE-2021-42917?

CVE-2021-42917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kodi, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-42917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Kodi

CVE-2021-42917

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Kodi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42917?: CVE-2021-42917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kodi, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-42917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.