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CVE-2008-5657

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5657 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Quassel Core versions prior to 0.3.0.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof IRC messages, making them appear to originate from other users, by sending a specially crafted CTCP message. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0211 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
quassel-irc.org / node/89
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32470
secunia.com / advisories/32692
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46195
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00354.html
wouter.coekaerts.be / site/security/quassel-ctcp
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497882/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497884
securityfocus.com / bid/31973
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3164