CVE-2017-14500
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14500
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14500.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-14500
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-09-17T05:29:00.193Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-11T04:14:22.274952Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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
Git / github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixedFixed
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.3" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.5" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.6" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.7" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.8" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.8.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.8.2" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.9" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.9.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.2" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.3" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.2" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.3" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.6" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.7" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.8" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.9" } ] }
Affected versions
newsbeuter-0.*
newsbeuter-0.3-real
newsbeuter-0.4
newsbeuter-0.5-old
newsbeuter-0.6
newsbeuter-0.7
newsbeuter-0.8
newsbeuter-0.8.1
newsbeuter-0.8.2
newsbeuter-0.9
newsbeuter-0.9.1
newsbeuter-1.*
newsbeuter-1.0
newsbeuter-1.1
newsbeuter-1.2
newsbeuter-1.3
r2.*
r2.0
r2.1
r2.2
r2.3
r2.4
r2.5
r2.6
r2.7
r2.8
r2.9
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
{
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"122203421145135607605150740415678481744",
"226326304608593480580444074630309874189",
"141851851325221400487052087950423918467",
"126645352107463222030298578303702291104",
"280107155541152668819977864311526523605",
"100975989055322441498022819319882045499"
]
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-0ba005de",
"signature_type": "Line",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"file": "src/pb_controller.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
{
"digest": {
"function_hash": "297464687269015149749922159851838517057",
"length": 569.0
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-11cd728b",
"signature_type": "Function",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"function": "queueloader::get_filename",
"file": "src/queueloader.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
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"72870267390956557907745808987922535707"
]
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-1f236f20",
"signature_type": "Line",
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},
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},
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},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-55327ebc",
"signature_type": "Function",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"function": "pb_controller::play_file",
"file": "src/pb_controller.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
{
"digest": {
"function_hash": "325622768065210990364342808000899331722",
"length": 566.0
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-993677e3",
"signature_type": "Function",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"function": "queueloader::get_filename",
"file": "src/queueloader.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
{
"digest": {
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"line_hashes": [
"28945969528684604269056913412978480261",
"328591584293568757866463690194581631448",
"240226559374422634877135290719219586984",
"111208244330724101130459863208369810773"
]
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-a6c43b70",
"signature_type": "Line",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"file": "src/queueloader.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
{
"digest": {
"function_hash": "248584191656778447663072432663244477995",
"length": 372.0
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-a9508c1c",
"signature_type": "Function",
"source": "https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"function": "pb_controller::play_file",
"file": "src/pb_controller.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
},
{
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"240226559374422634877135290719219586984",
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]
},
"id": "CVE-2017-14500-b1a77817",
"signature_type": "Line",
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"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"file": "src/queueloader.cpp"
},
"signature_version": "v1"
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14500.json"
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-04-11T04:14:22Z"