CVE-2008-0364 json
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;…
published 2008-01-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0374
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 8.9%
- EPSS 8.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0364 updated
Bittorent uses wcscpy() unsafely
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-31032)
- Published
Exploit prediction
8.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-31032 BitTorrent 6.0 / uTorrent 1.6/1.7 - Peers Window Remote Code Execution remote, 2008-01-16
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/27321
vdb-entry, exploit, patch
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aluigi.altervista.org
/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt
exploit
- aluigi.org /poc/ruttorrent.zip
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secunia.com
/advisories/28537
third-party-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/28533
third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
- forum.utorrent.com /viewtopic.php?id=29330
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/3554
third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/39720
vdb-entry
- download.utorrent.com /1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/39719
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-0364
- NVD CVE-2008-0364
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