VUPEN Security - mIRC "PRIVMSG" Command Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : mIRC "PRIVMSG" Command Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2736
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4449
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-06

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A vulnerability has been identified in mIRC, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing malformed "PRIVMSG" commands, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious server.

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Vulnerability reported by securfrog.

ChangeLog

2008-10-06 : Initial release

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