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CVE-2008-7166: bittorrent

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 04-09-2009Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-7166 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in bittorrent. EPSS estimates a 2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.85%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the web interface in BitTorrent 6.0.1 (build 7859) and earlier, and uTorrent 1.7.6 (build 7859) and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted Range header. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0071 and CVE-2008-0364.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.85% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.85%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bittorrent1 product
  • bittorrent≤ 6.0.1 | 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 | 4.20.3 | 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
Utorrent1 product
  • utorrent≤ 1.7.6 | 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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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