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CVE-2002-0231

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mIRC 5.91 and earlier allows a remote server to execute arbitrary code on the client via a long nickname.

Affected products

• Khaled Mardam-Bey Mirc: 2.1a, 2.3a, 2.4, 2.4a, 2.5a, 2.7a (+25)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286747013955&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254105
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8083.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4027
• http://www.uuuppz.com/research/adv-001-mirc.htm
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286747013955&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254105
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8083.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4027
• http://www.uuuppz.com/research/adv-001-mirc.htm

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