01 Record
CVE-2005-4681
Buffer overflow in mIRC 5.91, 6.03, 6.12, and 6.16 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is entered after reaching the DCC Get Folder Dialog. NOTE: this issue has been
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in mIRC 5.91, 6.03, 6.12, and 6.16 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is entered after reaching the DCC Get Folder Dialog. NOTE: this issue has been
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-02-01 02:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 45a97b44175ce0f899dd577a5907e2c41e20205b72b113a6ea7ab43821b96ea1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- trout.snt.utwente.nlhttp://trout.snt.utwente.nl/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=146129&an=0&page=0#146129
- www.osvdb.org24116http://www.osvdb.org/24116
- www.shellsec.nethttp://www.shellsec.net/leer_advisory.php?id=9
- securityreason.com285http://securityreason.com/securityalert/285
- www.packetstormsecurity.orghttp://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0512-exploits/mIRCexploitXPSP2eng.c
- seclists.org20051220 mIRC buffer overflowhttp://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Dec/0263.html