4.3

CVE-2008-0071: bittorrent Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-06-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0071 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in bittorrent. EPSS estimates a 7.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 16-06-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Web UI interface in (1) BitTorrent before 6.0.3 build 8642 and (2) uTorrent before 1.8beta build 10524 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTTP request with a malformed Range header.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.19% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
7.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    μTorrent (uTorrent) / BitTorrent WebIU HTTP 1.7.7/6.0.1 - Range header Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bittorrent1 product
  • bittorrent≤ 6.0.2 | 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 | 4.20.4 | 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
Utorrent1 product
  • utorrent≤ 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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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