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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…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.5%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Allows arbitrary file write on disk
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
XBMC Foundation · Kodi (XBMC)
- affected <= v17.1
References (4)
- GLSA-201706-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180116 [SECURITY] [DLA 1243-1] xbmc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .