VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.47% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- kodi/kodi · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98668Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.