CVE-2008-5657

CRLF injection vulnerability in Quassel Core before 0.3.0.3 allows remote attackers to spoof IRC messages as other users via a crafted CTCP message.

Published: 2008-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5657 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5657

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2024-12-23 1.26% 1.37% +0.10%
2 2024-12-17 1.20% 1.26% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 1.20% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5657

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5657

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5657

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5657 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (quassel), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5657
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5657 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (quassel), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 3, not-affected 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5657

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5657

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quassel quassel_core <= 0.3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.3.0:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
quassel quassel_core 0.3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5657

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