CVE-2017-12904

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item that includes shell code in its title and/or URL.

Database specific

{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter

Events

Introduced

277c4a033f4d8d56aa564f6da25662692fc137d3

Last affected

969fcb163d541fa26f4600c6ae0bfe3d36309823

Fixed

96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307

Database specific

{
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.8.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.8.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.8.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.8.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.9"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.9.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.9.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*

0.7

0.8

0.8.1

0.8.2

0.9

0.9.1

1.*

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.*

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "digest": {
            "length": 1137.0,
            "function_hash": "156371956141367904438567274571704191043"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "function": "controller::bookmark",
            "file": "src/controller.cpp"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2017-12904-80defa35",
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "311467814947250909956345134156606465782",
                "120649832345985744059501555645473888522",
                "291634685458980627202111577571935776043",
                "69626142850719159396634039256131327469",
                "108602646767993423147163902786916057536",
                "98085112480429494262981916468034871801",
                "92970788905403075723020112092901087587",
                "252124518186464253228361430297539845061",
                "254514588870447734634416090126986229927"
            ]
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/controller.cpp"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2017-12904-a213a0e6",
        "deprecated": false
    }
]

vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T12:05:51Z"

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12904.json"