CVE-2008-3578

hydrairc < 0.3.164 - Denial of Service via Long irc:// URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-3578. PoCs published by securfrog.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a null pointer dereference in HydraIRC by crafting a malicious IRC URI with an excessively long buffer. The PoC causes a remote denial of service when the URI is loaded in a browser.

Description

HydraIRC 0.3.164 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a long irc:// URI.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by securfrog · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6201

This exploit triggers a null pointer dereference in HydraIRC by crafting a malicious IRC URI with an excessively long buffer. The PoC causes a remote denial of service when the URI is loaded in a browser.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: HydraIRC (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage or execute the script via XSS
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2309
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6201
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31376
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4126
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44204
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30523

Scores

EPSS 0.0713
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.057
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.058
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.059
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.060
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.061
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.062
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.063
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.064
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.065
hydrairc/hydrairc 0.3.066
... and 40 more
Published Aug 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026