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high 7.5

CVE-2014-8517 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2014-11-17 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8354

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
69.1%
EPSS 69.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tnftp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20130505-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8517

  • tnftp openSUSE Tumbleweed 20151004-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10306-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8517 updated cvss 6.8

tnftp: ftp client could be forced to execute arbitrary commands

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/http/tnftp_savefile)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

69.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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