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CVE-2008-4449

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4449 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in mIRC version 6.34. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted PRIVMSG message containing an excessively long hostname. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, though there is no indication of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirc:mirc:6.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
38.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: mIRC PRIVMSG Handling Stack Buffer Overflow · Oct 2, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16422 · Jun 22, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3874 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/32102
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4352
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45624
exploit-db.com / exploits/6654
exploit-db.com / exploits/6666
securityfocus.com / bid/31552
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2736