CVE-2014-0487

APT before 1.0.9 does not verify downloaded files if they have been modified as indicated using the If-Modified-Since header, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2014-11-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0487 is rated Low Risk (39.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0487

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 2025-03-30 0.25% 0.12% -0.13%
2 2025-03-29 0.12% 0.25% +0.13%
3 2025-03-17 0.12%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0487

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-2014-0487

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0487

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0487 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0487
ubuntu high CVE-2014-0487 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apt), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0487

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0487

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian advanced_package_tool 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian advanced_package_tool 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0487

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