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 remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4423 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4423-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Abhijith PA     December 28, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : kodi     Version        : 2:19.1+dfsg2-2+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-23082 CVE-2023-30207


    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi, a media-player     and entertainment hub.

    CVE-2023-23082

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

    CVE-2023-30207

        A divide by zero issue discovered in Kodi allows attackers to         cause a denial of service via use of crafted mp3 file

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2:19.1+dfsg2-2+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your kodi packages.

    For the detailed security status of kodi please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kodi

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2023-23082)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3712 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3712-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Abhijith PA     January 17, 2024                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : kodi     Version        : 2:17.6+dfsg1-4+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2017-5982 CVE-2021-42917 CVE-2023-23082 CVE-2023-30207

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi, a media-player     and entertainment hub.

    CVE-2017-5982

        Directory traversal vulnerability in the Kodi allows remote         attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot         dot slash) in the image path.

    CVE-2021-42917

        Buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi, allows attackers to cause a         denial of service due to improper length of values passed to         istream

    CVE-2023-23082

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

    CVE-2023-30207

        A divide by zero issue discovered in Kodi allows attackers to         cause a denial of service via use of crafted mp3 file

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     2:17.6+dfsg1-4+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your kodi packages.

    For the detailed security status of kodi please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kodi

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
280114	Debian dla-4423 : kodi - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
227263	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-23082	Nessus	Misc.	medium
189358	Debian dla-3712 : kodi - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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