# CVE-2008-0364: 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; o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2008-01-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321
- http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28537
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded
- http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39720
- http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39719
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31032

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