CVE-2017-8314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-05-23

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

XBMC Foundation

Kodi (XBMC)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= v17.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kodi:kodi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1243-1	xbmc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17275	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02474.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Kodi Kodi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: checkpoint

Published: 2017-05-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.480Z

Reserved: 2017-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8314

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T21:29:00.337

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:26:10.450

Link: CVE-2017-8314

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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