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CVE-2014-0488

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0488 describes a vulnerability in APT versions prior to 1.0.9, affecting Debian's Advanced Package Tool. This flaw allows remote attackers to deliver crafted repository data, as APT fails to properly invalidate repository data when transitioning from an unauthenticated to an authenticated state. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this medium-severity vulnerability could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (2)

ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
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debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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References

secunia.com / advisories/61275
secunia.com / advisories/61286
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-2348-1
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3025
Vendor Advisory