HIGH
Buffer overflow in mIRC 5.91 and earlier allows a remote server to execute arbitrary code on the client via a long nickname
Published May 3, 2002
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.56%
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
No data.
OR
- 2.1a
- 2.3a
- 2.4
- 2.4a
- 2.5a
- 2.7a
- 2.8c
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.9
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.6
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 5.9
- 5.91
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.56% 0.09557
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09557
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.56% (0.09557) | 95.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.82% (0.09817) | 94.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.29% (0.02290) | 83.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04843) | 82.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.20% (0.02195) | 83.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.41% (0.01414) | 87.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 1.40% (0.01401) | 86.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01028) | 82.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 87.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 86.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 69.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286747013955&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254105 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8083.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4027 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.uuuppz.com/research/adv-001-mirc.htm x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101286747013955&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254105 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8083.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4027 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.uuuppz.com/research/adv-001-mirc.htm | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0231
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a