mIRC prior to 7.22 has a message leak because chopping of outbound messages is mishandled.
Priority LOW 26CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
mIRC prior to 7.22 has a message leak because chopping of outbound messages is mishandled.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0108 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mIRC (mIRC): 7.22
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mIRC (mIRC) Fixed in 7.22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-5282
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8gv2-3g44-v322
References
Advisory 1
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-2008-06995 mIRC before 6.35 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nickname. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2007-04262 Multiple unspecified scripts in mIRC allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- 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-2011-5282 · CVE Program
- CVE-2011-5282 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8gv2-3g44-v322 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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