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CVE-2014-8517

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 69.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

The fetch_url function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c in tnftp, as used in NetBSD 5.1 through 5.1.4, 5.2 through 5.2.2, 6.0 through 6.0.6, and 6.1 through 6.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a | (pipe) character at the end of an HTTP redirect.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.8.5, 10.9.5, 10.10.0, 10.10.1
• Netbsd: 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.2 (+15)

References

• http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-013.txt.asc
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00029.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/459
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/464
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62028
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62260
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-05
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43112/
• http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-013.txt.asc
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

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