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CVE-2008-4434

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
03/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) uTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179 and earlier and (2) BitTorrent 6.0.3 build 8642 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Created By field in a .torrent file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.7.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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