mIRC before 6.35 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nickname.
Priority LOW 36CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
mIRC before 6.35 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nickname.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01348 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mIRC (mIRC): 6.35
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mIRC (mIRC) Fixed in 6.35
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-7314
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9vx-7gq2-65fm
References
More Mirc vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-04520 mIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2008-04241 Stack-based buffer overflow in mIRC 6.34 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2003-01236 Buffer overflow in mIRC before 6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long irc:// URL. CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-04262 Multiple unspecified scripts in mIRC allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2011-04554 mIRC prior to 7.22 has a message leak because chopping of outbound messages is mishandled. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2003-01408 Buffer overflow in mIRC 6.12, when the DCC get dialog window has been minimized and the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2008-7314 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-7314 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x9vx-7gq2-65fm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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