CVE-2014-8483
The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.
02 Description
The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-11-06 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f46c5d664f105bfb3c70f7c6500778ddbb22e1dff31c7781d9189b3268ad1caf
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com61932http://secunia.com/advisories/61932
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1406http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2401-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2401-1
- secunia.com62261http://secunia.com/advisories/62261
- www.debian.orgDSA-3063http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3063
- bugs.quassel-irc.orghttp://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0573http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3068http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3068
- secunia.com62035http://secunia.com/advisories/62035
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/8b5ecd226f9208af3074b33d3b7cf5e14f55b138
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- konversation Fixed in 1.5-2
- quassel Fixed in 0.10.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- konversation Fixed in 1.5-2
- quassel Fixed in 0.10.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- konversation Fixed in 1.5-2
- quassel Fixed in 0.10.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- konversation Fixed in 1.5-1ubuntu1.14.04.1
- quassel Fixed in 0.10.0-0ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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