Buffer overflow in mIRC 6.12, when the DCC get dialog window has been minimized and the user opens the minimized window, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3303 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342179 | mailing list |
| http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/exploit.html | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8880 | vdb entry exploit |