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Buffer overflow in the font command of mIRC, probably 6.16, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string

Published Feb 1, 2006

Description

Buffer overflow in the font command of mIRC, probably 6.16, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string. NOTE: the original researcher claims that issue has been disputed by the vendor, and that the vendor stated "as far as I can tell, this is neither an exploit nor a vulnerability. The above report describes a local bug in mIRC." It could be that this is only exploitable by the user of the application, and thus would not cross privilege boundaries unless under an otherwise restrictive environment such as a kiosk

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 1, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 31, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a