CVE-2017-14500
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.0%newsbeuter - security update
Published: 9/21/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/newsbeuterfrom 0, < 2.9-r5
- Debian/newsbeuterfrom 0, < 2.5-2+deb7u3
- Debian/newsbeuterfrom 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 |