What is CVE-2008-7314?

CVE-2008-7314 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mirc, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2008-7314?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mirc

CVE-2008-7314

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

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2020-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mirc — versions before 6.35

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.mirc.com/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.mirc.com/versions.txt (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-7314?: CVE-2008-7314 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mirc, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2008-7314?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.