CVE-2008-4434

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductUtorrent
PublishedOct 3, 2008
First seenOct 3, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
utorrent utorrentv ≤ 1.7.7, 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6—
bittorrent bittorrentv ≤ 6.0.3, 3.9.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.3, 4.9.4, 4.9.5, 4.9.6, 4.9.7, 4.9.8, 4.9.9, 4.20.0, 4.20.1, 4.20.2, 4.20.3, 4.20.4, 4.20.6, 4.20.7, 4.20.8, 4.20.9, 4.22.0, 4.22.1, 4.22.4, 4.24.0, 4.24.2, 4.26.0, 4.27.1, 4.27.2, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.2.0, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2—

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