Information disclosure in mIRC - CVE-2011-5282

 

Information disclosure in mIRC - CVE-2011-5282

Published: January 21, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30435
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5282
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: mIRC Co. Ltd.
Affected software:
mIRC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

mIRC prior to 7.22 has a message leak because chopping of outbound messages is mishandled.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-5282

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources