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>> mIRC "PRIVMSG" Command Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : mIRC "PRIVMSG" Command Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN 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.
Affected Products
mIRC version 6.34 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2736
Credits
Vulnerability reported by securfrog.
ChangeLog
2008-10-06 : Initial release
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