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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-8314

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 May 2017, 21:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-8314
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8314",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-8314",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8314",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kodi:kodi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "17.0b6-Krypton",
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            "17.0b7-Krypton",
            "17.0b5-Krypton",
            "17.0b4-Krypton",
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            "17.0b2-Krypton",
            "17.0b1-Krypton",
            "17.0a3-Krypton",
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            "17.0a1-Krypton",
            "16.0b2-Jarvis",
            "16.0b1-Jarvis",
            "16.0a4-Jarvis",
            "16.0a3-Jarvis",
            "16.0a2-Jarvis",
            "16.0a1-Jarvis",
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            "15.0b1-Isengard",
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            "15.0a1-Isengard",
            "14.0rc3-Helix",
            "14.0rc2-Helix",
            "14.0rc1-Helix",
            "14.0b5-Helix",
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            "14.0b3-Helix",
            "14.0b2-Helix",
            "14.0b1-Helix",
            "14.0a4-Helix",
            "14.0a3-Helix",
            "14.0a2-Helix",
            "Gotham_alpha11",
            "Gotham_alpha10",
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            "Gotham_alpha8",
            "Gotham_alpha7",
            "Gotham_alpha6",
            "Gotham_alpha5",
            "Gotham_alpha4",
            "Gotham_alpha3",
            "Gotham_alpha2",
            "Gotham_alpha1",
            "Frodo_rc3",
            "Frodo_rc2",
            "Frodo_rc1",
            "Frodo_beta3",
            "Frodo_beta2",
            "Frodo_beta1",
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            "Frodo_alpha4",
            "Frodo_alpha3",
            "Frodo_alpha2",
            "Frodo_alpha1"
          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:48.252809455Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00019.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17",
        "https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12024"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            ],
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-8314",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380820,
  "published_at": "2017-05-23T21:29:00.337+00:00"
}