CVE-2010-1853: transmissionbt transmission

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1853 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in transmissionbt transmission. EPSS estimates a 3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 07-05-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the tr_magnetParse function in libtransmission/magnet.c in Transmission 1.91 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magnet URL with a large number of (1) tr or (2) ws links.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.