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CVE-2008-0364

Published: Jan 18, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
8.9%
Top 5.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
bittorrentbittorrent
Mixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
utorrentutorrent
Mixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
bittorrentoss-projectConsumer Software
utorrentcommercialConsumer Softwareaka utorrent web, utorrent remote

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321
securityfocus.com
http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip
aluigi.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/28537
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 18, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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