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medium 6.8

CVE-2014-0488 json

APT before 1.0.9 does not "invalidate repository data" when moving from an unauthenticated to authenticated state, which allows remote atta…

published 2014-11-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0519

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

APT before 1.0.9 does not "invalidate repository data" when moving from an unauthenticated to authenticated state, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted repository data.

Patch / fix

  • apt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0488

  • apt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.1ubuntu2.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0488

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2014-0488 updated cvss 4.3

apt: multiple issues

  • 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

Exploit prediction

2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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