CVE-2021-42917 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 1 Nov 2021 Updated 18 Nov 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Kodi media center via a buffer overflow in the istream component.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2021-42917?

CVE-2021-42917 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42917?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kodi Kodi.

How do I fix CVE-2021-42917?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-42917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42917, GHSA-9856-v5xm-mr4c, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42917.