CVE-2008-0646
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
The bdecode_recursive function in include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp in Rasterbar Software libtorrent before 0.12.1, as used in Deluge before 0.5.8.3 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and crash) via a crafted bencoded message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0656)
- Published
- February 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0656 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- deluge team / deluge
- rasterbar software / libtorrent
References
- http://deluge-torrent.org/Changelog.php
- http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_12/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?r1=956&r2=1968&pathrev=1968(Exploit)
- http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_12/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968#rev1968
- http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_13/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968
- http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/trunk/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28699(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28781(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28782
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27597(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0383
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0384
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00001.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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