CVE-2008-7314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2020-01-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

mIRC

mIRC

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 6.35`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mirc:mirc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7265	mIRC before 6.35 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nickname.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01348.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mirc.com/news.html
https://www.mirc.com/versions.txt

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mirc Mirc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-01-23T14:48:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.319Z

Reserved: 2014-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7314

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-23T15:15:11.787

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:04:02.513

Link: CVE-2008-7314

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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