Buffer overflow in Mirc
CVE-2003-1508
Buffer overflow in mIRC 6.12, when the DCC get dialog window has been minimized and the user opens the minimized window, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mirc — versions 6.12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3303 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342179 (mailing-list)
- www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/exploit.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8880 (Exploit, vdb-entry)