A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ayman Akt IRCIT 0.3.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Invite Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in IRCIT 0.3.1 IRC client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long invite request.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 by Gobbles (Website). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1891 since 06/29/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9340) and SecurityFocus (BID 4998†). See VDB-93990, VDB-214419 and VDB-223147 for similar entries.

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• 0.3.1

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