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CVE-2017-14500

28
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333
Patch
github.com / akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260
Patch
github.com / akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4585-1
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3977