CVE-2014-8483
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8320)
- Published
- November 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8320 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- quassel-irc / quassel irc
References
- 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(Issue Tracking, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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