Title: Melange Chat System msgText Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Melange Chat System is a chat application developed by Christian Walter. Support for this program is no longer available.
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified for Melange Chat System 1.10. The vulnerability occurs in the 'interpret.c' source file in the 'chat_InterpretData()' function. Specifically, the overflow condition occurs in the msgText buffer.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite the vulnerable functions stack frame pointer, as well as part of the instruction pointer. Successful exploitation of this issue could make it possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code as the server process. However, sending random data could cause the application to crash.
Affected Products:
- Melange Melange Chat System 1.10.0
References:
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