5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8483
Quassel IRC BlowfishECB Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2014, 3:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8483 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Quassel-irc quassel_irc
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8483.

URL Resource
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61932 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62035 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62261 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3063 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3068 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2401-1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/8b5ecd226f9208af3074b33d3b7cf5e14f55b138 Patch Issue Tracking

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8483 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62261 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62261 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3063 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3063 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314 Vendor Advisory http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2401-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2401-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62035 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62035 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3068 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3068 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/61932 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/61932 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/8b5ecd226f9208af3074b33d3b7cf5e14f55b138 Patch https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/8b5ecd226f9208af3074b33d3b7cf5e14f55b138 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-125
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62261
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2401-1
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00046.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3068
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00028.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8483 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8483 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.46 }} -0.98%

score

0.90232

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability