Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-0488

Title: Debian Advanced Package Tool Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-0488.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Nov 03, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-0488: APT before 1.0.9 does not "invalidate repository data" when moving from an unauthenticated to authenticated state, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted repository data.

Impacted Vendors

debian 1

advanced_package_tool 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/61275 http://secunia.com/advisories/61286 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025 http://secunia.com/advisories/61275 http://secunia.com/advisories/61286 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-0488 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 03, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.