Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-42917

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.

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Affected products

Kodi/xbmcdescription
Kodi/xbmcllm-create
Range: <=19.0
Xbmc/Xbmcllm-fuzzy
Range: <=19.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/fuzzard/xbmc/commit/80c8138c09598e88b4ddb6dbb279fa193bbb3237nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/48730b64494798705d46dfccc4029bd36d072df3nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/20306nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/20305nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00009.htmlnvd

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