CVE-2008-0364 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.89% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bittorrent | bittorrent |
| utorrent | utorrent |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BitTorrent 6.0 / uTorrent 1.6/1.7 - Peers Window Remote Code Execution | 2008-01-16 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip
- http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28533
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28537
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39719
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39720
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip
- http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28533
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28537
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321
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