$ cve CVE-2002-0231 JSON

CVE-2002-0231 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.6% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow in mIRC 5.91 and earlier allows a remote server to execute arbitrary code on the client via a long nickname.

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	9.56% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2002-05-16
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
khaled mardam-bey	mirc

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	MIRC 2.x/3.x/4.x/5.x - Nick Buffer Overflow	2002-02-03