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CVE-2017-12904

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-943

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item that includes shell code in its title and/or URL.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• Newsbeuter: 0.7, 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.9, 0.9.1 (+14)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947
• https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307
• https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947
• https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307
• https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/

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