Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities

Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. kodi 2017-06-20 2017-06-20 549342 619492 remote 17.2 17.2

Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file using Kodi, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Furthermore, a remote attacker could entice a user process a specially crafted ZIP file containing subtitles using Kodi, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Kodi users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-tv/kodi-17.2"

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