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$decompress freeze #73433 03/03/04 12:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 38 North America O Olathe OP Ameglian cow
OP Olathe Ameglian cow O Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 38 North America	mIRC freezes with improper input to $decompress. Code: //bset -t &a 1 xœcrashplease \| echo $decompress(&a, b)

Re: $decompress freeze #73434 09/06/06 05:37 PM
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OP Olathe Ameglian cow O Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 38 North America	Still freezing after all these years.

Re: $decompress freeze #73435 09/06/06 05:49 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881	So it does. I never noticed this report.

Re: $decompress freeze #73436 13/06/06 03:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,493 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,493 London, UK	The zlib library considers that input to be valid. Have you analyzed the data on a zip format level to see what it might decompress to?

Re: $decompress freeze #73437 24/07/06 12:48 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 580 N NaquadaServ Fjord artisan
NaquadaServ Fjord artisan N Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 580	According to their web page, the newest zlib (version 1.2.3) has this bug fixed. Quote: Eliminate a potential security vulnerability when decoding invalid compressed data NaquadaBomb www.mirc-dll.com

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