CVE-2008-7166 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface of BitTorrent 6.0.1 and earlier, and uTorrent 1.7.6 and earlier. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted Range header, leading to memory consumption and a denial of service (crash) of the affected application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.