CVE-2008-4434

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Bittorrent: through 6.0.3; 3.9.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4 (+60)
Utorrent: through 1.7.7; 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7 (+15)

References

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31441
http://secunia.com/advisories/31445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30653
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020664
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2341
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44404
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf

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