Resource exhaustion in mIRC - CVE-2008-7314
Published: January 23, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30432
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-7314
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
mIRC
How to mitigate CVE-2008-7314
Install update from vendor's website.
mIRC - update to 6.35