HIGH
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
Published Oct 3, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.97%
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
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 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
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 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
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.97% 0.10966
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10966
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 10.97% (0.10966) | 95.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.01% (0.11014) | 95.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 25.52% (0.25518) | 95.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | 22.29% (0.22289) | 95.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 25.52% (0.25518) | 95.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 27.65% (0.27654) | 96.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2024 | 12.56% (0.12558) | 95.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 12.09% (0.12091) | 94.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.36% (0.24360) | 96.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.36% (0.24360) | 95.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31441 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31445 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30653 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020664 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2341 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44404 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31441 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31445 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30653 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020664 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2341 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44404 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 3, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4434
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a