CVE-2008-0364 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Jan 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash BitTorrent and uTorrent clients on Windows by sending a long Unicode string in the client version identifier.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0364?

CVE-2008-0364 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0364?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Bittorrent Bittorrent, Utorrent Utorrent.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0364?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-0364 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0364 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q395-g9g3-9q27.