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CVE-2014-8688

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8688 describes a critical information disclosure vulnerability in Telegram Messenger 2.6 for iOS and 1.8.2 for Android, where "secret chat" messages, intended to be highly secure, were stored in cleartext within process memory and a .db file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe risk of unauthorized disclosure of sensitive user communications without requiring user interaction or complex attack methods. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:messenger:2.6:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:messenger:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

blog.zimperium.com / telegram-hack
Third Party Advisory