Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution.
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| Description | Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution. | |
| Title | Solanum before commit 2ea1382 Buffer Overflow via Server-to-Server KILL Handler | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-120 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-11-03T16:26:54.889Z
Updated: 2026-11-03T17:17:13.585Z
Reserved: 2026-11-03T16:19:16.085Z
Link: CVE-2026-121603
Updated: 2026-11-03T17:16:04.995Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-03T17:18:11.567
Modified: 2026-11-03T18:17:58.120
Link: CVE-2026-121603
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