CVE-2008-4434
N/A
Published: October 3, 2008 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUtorrentBittorrent
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 6.0.33.9.14.0.04.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.44.1.04.1.14.1.24.1.34.1.44.1.54.1.64.1.74.1.84.2.04.2.14.2.24.20.04.20.14.20.24.20.34.20.44.20.64.20.74.20.84.20.94.22.04.22.14.22.44.24.04.24.24.26.04.27.14.27.24.3.04.3.14.3.24.3.34.3.44.3.54.3.64.4.04.4.14.9.24.9.34.9.44.9.54.9.64.9.74.9.84.9.95.0.05.0.15.0.25.0.35.0.45.0.55.0.65.0.75.0.85.0.95.2.06.06.0.16.0.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q3/0155.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31441Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31445VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2340Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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