Resource exhaustion in mIRC

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU30432

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-7314

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

mIRC before 6.35 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nickname.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

mIRC: 6.1 - 6.34

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:mirc_co:mirc:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mirc_co:mirc:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mirc_co:mirc:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.mirc.com/news.html
https://www.mirc.com/versions.txt

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.