Title: Pirch IRC Client Malformed Link Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
Pirch IRC is an internet relay chat client designed for Microsoft Windows environments. Pirch is subject to a buffer overflow condition.
Pirch is subject to a buffer overflow condition. The overrun occurs if a user receives on a maliciously constructed link. It is not confirmed whether the user must first click on the link or not. This issue is the result of inadequate bounds checking on externally supplied data.
Remote attackers may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary instructions on target client systems.
Affected Products:
- Pirch IRC Pirch IRC 98
References:
- Pirch IRC: Pirch Hompage
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