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CVE-2002-1456

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mIRC 6.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long $asctime value.

Affected products

• Khaled Mardam-Bey Mirc: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0092.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046375002380&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103046138631893&w=2
• http://www.mirc.co.uk/whatsnew.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5576
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9970
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0092.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046375002380&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103046138631893&w=2
• http://www.mirc.co.uk/whatsnew.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5576
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9970

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