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CVE-2008-4434

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4434 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in uTorrent 1.7.7 and earlier, and BitTorrent 6.0.3 and earlier, triggered by a long "Created By" field in a .torrent file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.3 (critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with medium complexity to cause a denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists (EDB-6787), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it. Its high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 suggests significant potential impact despite its age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6787 · Oct 19, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1097 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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