Description
Buffer overflow in (1) BitTorrent 6.0 and earlier; and (2) uTorrent 1.7.5 and earlier, and 1.8-alpha-7834 and earlier in the 1.8.x series; on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string representing a client version identifier.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31032
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28537
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28533
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39720
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39719
Scores
EPSS
0.0584
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (3)
bittorrent/bittorrent
< 6.0
utorrent/utorrent
1.8-alpha-7834
utorrent/utorrent
< 1.7.5
Published
Jan 18, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026