SB2020012318 - Resource exhaustion in mIRC
Published: January 23, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020012318
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-7314)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.