CVE-2017-14500

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNewsbeuter
PublishedSep 17, 2017
First seenSep 17, 2017

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
newsbeuter newsbeuter0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.9, 0.9.1, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9—

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