CVE-2017-8314

MEDIUM

Kodi <= 17.1 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Zip Extraction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0247
EPSS Percentile 82.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
kodi/kodi < 17.1
XBMC Foundation/Kodi (XBMC) <= v17.1
Published May 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026