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CVE-2008-4449

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 38.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in mIRC 6.34 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in a PRIVMSG message.

Affected products

• mIRC: 6.34

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32102
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31552
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2736
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45624
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6654
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6666
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32102
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31552
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2736
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45624

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