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WOW.chat-cache.txt.Handling.DoS

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This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial of Service vulnerability in World of Warcraft.
This issue is caused by an error when handling a malformed "chat-cache.txt" file. It may allow remote attckers to crash vulnerable software via a crafted file.

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World of Warcraft

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Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable software.

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Currently we are unaware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.

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IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)
ID 38682
Created Jun 19, 2014
Updated Jun 07, 2022
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Affected OS Windows
Affected App Other