User-Assisted Code Execution Vulnerability in Podbeuter Podcast Playback Function in Newsbeuter

CVE-2017-14500 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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