5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-7166
BitTorrent/µTorrent Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2009, 10:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-7166 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Utorrent utorrent
1 Bittorrent bittorrent

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3.23 }} 1.30%

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