CVE-2008-0364 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in BitTorrent 6.0 and earlier, and uTorrent versions 1.7.5 and earlier, as well as 1.8-alpha-7834 and earlier in the 1.8.x series, specifically on Windows platforms. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by sending a crafted, excessively long Unicode string as a client version identifier. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only leading to a denial of service. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, an ExploitDB entry suggests potential for Remote Code Execution, though no Metasploit or Nuclei modules exist, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8-alpha-7834CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.8-alpha-7834:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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