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CVE-2008-7166

Published: Sep 4, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.8%
Top 14.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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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

bittorrent
oss-project
bittorrentMixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
utorrent
commercialaka utorrent web, utorrent remote
utorrentMixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent2-adv.txt
aluigi.altervista.org
http://osvdb.org/42825
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/42826
osvdb.org
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