# CVE-2002-1486: Multiple buffer overflows in the IRC component of Trillian 0.73 and 0.74 allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service an

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 5 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2003-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the IRC component of Trillian 0.73 and 0.74 allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a large response from the server, (2) a JOIN with a long channel name, (3) a long "raw 221" message, (4) a PRIVMSG with a long nickname, or (5) a long response from an IDENT server.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5777
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5769
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5765
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10151.php
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0268.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0266.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10163.php
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0258.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2002-q3/0139.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2002-q3/0140.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10150.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21804
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21810
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21813
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21816
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21823

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