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CVE-2008-4434

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-10-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Bittorrent BittorrentUtorrent Utorrent

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References