CVE-2017-14500 describes a critical vulnerability in Newsbeuter versions 0.3 through 2.9, specifically within its podcast playback function. An attacker can achieve user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS feed with a media enclosure (podcast file) containing shell metacharacters in its filename. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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