CVE-2009-1759

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the btFiles::BuildFromMI function (trunk/btfiles.cpp) in Enhanced CTorrent (aka dTorrent) 3.3.2 and probably earlier, and CTorrent 1.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Torrent file containing a long path.

Affected products

Rahul Ctorrent: 1.3.4
Rahul Dtorrent: 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2

References

http://dtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dtorrent/dtorrent/trunk/btfiles.cpp?r1=296&r2=301&view=patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/34752
http://secunia.com/advisories/35499
http://secunia.com/advisories/36471
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2782875&group_id=202532&atid=981959
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1817
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/20/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34584
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1092
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49959
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8470

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