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CVE-2014-8483

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8483 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the blowfishECB function within core/cipher.cpp of Quassel IRC 0.10.0, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, with the primary impact being a denial of service. 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
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.quassel-irc.org / issues/1314
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/61932
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/62035
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/62261
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
github.com / quassel/quassel/commit/8b5ecd226f9208af3074b33d3b7cf5e14f55b138
Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3063
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3068
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2401-1
Third Party Advisory