CVE-2017-14500

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    CVE-2017-14500

    Published: 17 Sept 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3977, https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598, https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333, https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ee1830151054fe407afa9341a05a82e989205134
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High