CVE-2008-4434

Utorrent < 1.7.7 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Guido Landi · perllocalwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6787

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020664

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31441

[Various Sources] http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2341

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340

[Various Sources] http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31445

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30653

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44404

[Mailing List] http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2581

EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (50)

bittorrent/bittorrent 3.9.1

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.0.0

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.0.1

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.0.2

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.0.3

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.0.4

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.1.0

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.1.1

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.1.2

bittorrent/bittorrent 4.1.3

... and 40 more

Published Oct 03, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026