CVE-2017-14201 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-14201

The shell DNS command can cause unpredictable results due to misuse of stack variables.

Vulnerability Description

Use After Free vulnerability in the Zephyr shell allows a serial or telnet connected user to cause denial of service, and possibly remote code execution. This issue affects: Zephyr shell versions prior to 1.14.0 on all.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

shell
Vulnerable Versions:
prior to 1.14.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 29th, 2019
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact