CVE-2014-8483

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-8483 · Published 06/11/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8483 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting quassel irc (quassel-irc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quassel irc quassel-irc	`= 0.10.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314 · Issue Tracking
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 Required
secunia.com/advisories/62035 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/advisories/62261 · Permissions Required
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
quassel/quassel commit 8b5ecd2 · Issue Tracking

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