CVE-2017-14500
newsbeuter - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in the podcast playback function of Podbeuter in Newsbeuter 0.3 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item with a media enclosure (i.e., a podcast file) that includes shell metacharacters in its filename, related to pb_controller.cpp and queueloader.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-12904.
How to fix CVE-2017-14500
To remediate CVE-2017-14500, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.9-r5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5-2+deb7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8-2+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-14500 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.9-r5
- from 0, < 2.5-2+deb7u3
- from 0, < 2.8-2+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |