UFO: Alien Invasion versions up to and including 2.2.1 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in its built-in IRC client component. When the client connects to an IRC server and receives a crafted numeric reply (specifically a 001 message), the application fails to properly validate the length of the response string. This results in a stack-based buffer overflow, which may corrupt control flow structures and allow arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is triggered during automatic IRC connection handling and does not require user interaction beyond launching the game.
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Description | UFO: Alien Invasion versions up to and including 2.2.1 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in its built-in IRC client component. When the client connects to an IRC server and receives a crafted numeric reply (specifically a 001 message), the application fails to properly validate the length of the response string. This results in a stack-based buffer overflow, which may corrupt control flow structures and allow arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is triggered during automatic IRC connection handling and does not require user interaction beyond launching the game. | |
Title | UFO: Alien Invasion <= 2.2.1 IRC Client Buffer Overflow | |
Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2025-08-22T14:36:38.804Z
Reserved: 2025-08-20T19:45:10.227Z
Link: CVE-2009-10006

Updated: 2025-08-22T14:36:31.671Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-22T14:15:44.363
Modified: 2025-08-22T18:08:51.663
Link: CVE-2009-10006

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