Kodi up to 19.5 passed denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Kodi up to 19.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument passed leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-23082. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Kodi up to 19.5. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument passed with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi Home Theater Software up to 19.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to an improper length of the value passed to the offset argument.

The weakness was disclosed 02/04/2023 as 22377. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-23082 since 01/11/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 280114 (Debian dla-4423 : kodi - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 367cc80d66b0310b460f587fea44274b442951f1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (280114). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Partially
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 280114
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4423 : kodi - security update

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 367cc80d66b0310b460f587fea44274b442951f1

Timelineinfo

01/11/2023 🔍
02/04/2023 +24 days 🔍
02/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/29/2025 +1059 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 22377
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23082 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23082
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220187

Entryinfo

Created: 02/04/2023 08:29
Updated: 12/29/2025 07:31
Changes: 02/04/2023 08:29 (41), 03/05/2023 06:23 (11), 12/29/2025 07:31 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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