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CVE-2008-0364: bittorrent

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 18-01-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0364 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in bittorrent. EPSS estimates a 8.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 18-01-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) BitTorrent 6.0 and earlier; and (2) uTorrent 1.7.5 and earlier, and 1.8-alpha-7834 and earlier in the 1.8.x series; on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string representing a client version identifier.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (aluigi.altervista.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified

    BitTorrent 6.0 / uTorrent 1.6/1.7 - Peers Window Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bittorrent1 product
Utorrent1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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