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
Published Sep 17, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.08%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.3
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.08% (0.03078) | 87.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.08% (0.03078) | 85.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01581) | 79.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.53% (0.03534) | 79.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.80% (0.01798) | 81.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.24% (0.04241) | 92.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 4.24% (0.04241) | 91.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 3.92% (0.03924) | 90.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.45% (0.05454) | 91.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.94% (0.05941) | 90.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.79% (0.05786) | 77.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.17% (0.03168) | 65.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.17% (0.03168) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3977 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3977 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
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