CVE-2008-4434
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.0%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) uTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179 and earlier and (2) BitTorrent 6.0.3 build 8642 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Created By field in a .torrent file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.0% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4415)
- Published
- October 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4415 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bittorrent / bittorrent
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References
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf
- http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31441(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31445(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30653
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020664
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2341
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44404
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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