Bittorent uses wcscpy() unsafely
Published Jan 18, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.89%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 6.0
- ≤ 1.7.5
- 1.8-alpha-7834
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.89% (0.08892) | 95.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.89% (0.08892) | 94.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 4.49% (0.04489) | 89.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.28% (0.06280) | 90.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.14% (0.03141) | 90.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.02% (0.07024) | 94.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 6.20% (0.06198) | 92.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 6.51% (0.06511) | 92.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.37% (0.07370) | 93.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip x_refsource_MISC
- http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28533 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28537 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0364 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429375 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39719 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39720 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0364
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0364
Change history (0)
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