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CVE-2014-8483 json

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)…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8320

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • quassel Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10.0-2.1
  • konversation Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8483

  • quassel Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.10.0-0ubuntu2.1
  • konversation Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.5-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8483

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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8483 updated cvss 1.2

konversation: out-of-bounds read on a heap-allocated array

  • 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

3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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