Buffer Overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service

Buffer Overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service

CVE-2002-1351 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Buffer overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (chat server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the msgText buffer in the chat_InterpretData function, as demonstrated via a long Nick (nickname) request.

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