CVE catalog
CVE-2017-14500
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14500
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.08% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | newsbeuter | 3.3 | 2.9-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | 3.4 | 2.9-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | 3.5 | 2.9-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | 3.6 | 2.9-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | 3.7 | 2.9-r5 | fixed |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 8 | 2.8-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 8 | 2.8-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 8 | 2.8-2+deb8u2 | fixed |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 9 | 2.9-5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 9 | 2.9-5+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 9 | 2.9-5+deb9u2 | fixed |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 7 | 2.5-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 7 | 2.5-2+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 7 | 2.5-2+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | newsbeuter | 7 | 2.5-2+deb7u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | newsbeuter | 16.04 | 2.8-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | newsbeuter | 16.04 | 2.9-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | newsbeuter | 16.04 | 2.9-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | newsbeuter | 16.04 | 2.9-3ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | newsbeuter | apk | 3.3 | 2.9-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | apk | 3.4 | 2.9-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | apk | 3.5 | 2.9-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | apk | 3.6 | 2.9-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
| Alpine | newsbeuter | apk | 3.7 | 2.9-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
| Debian | newsbeuter | deb | 8 | 2.8-2+deb8u2 | Not reported | DSA-3977-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | newsbeuter | deb | 9 | 2.9-5+deb9u2 | Not reported | DSA-3977-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | newsbeuter | deb | 7 | 2.5-2+deb7u3 | Not reported | DLA-1104-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | newsbeuter | deb | 16.04 | 2.9-3ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14500 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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