CVE-2017-8314

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-23 21:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8314

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8314

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8314

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

kodi

kodi

CWE

CWE-22

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

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