Is CVE-2014-8517 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8517 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8517?

CVE-2014-8517 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8517?

CVE-2014-8517 has an EPSS score of 69.12% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8517?

Upgrade tnftp on debian 11 to 20130505-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8517

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-77Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

tnftpDebian

Fixed in:20130505-2CVE-2014-8517

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

69.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

ftp.netbsd.org

Other references9

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