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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0364 · published 18 January 2008

CVE-2008-0364: Bittorrent memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Bittorrent · Bittorrent

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.9% · top 4.9% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0364), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.