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 69.91% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

69.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

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

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/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.