VDB-49819 · CVE-2008-7166 · SA28686

uTorrent up to 1.7.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in uTorrent up to 1.7.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-7166. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in uTorrent up to 1.7.6 (Peer-to-Peer Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 01/27/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-7166 since 09/03/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (42825†) and Secunia (SA28686†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

01/27/2008 🔍
01/29/2008 +2 days 🔍
09/03/2009 +582 days 🔍
09/04/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2021 days 🔍
08/21/2021 +2347 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49819
Secunia: 28686
OSVDB: 42825 - uTorrent Web UI HTTP Request Range Header Processing Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2008-0326

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/21/2021 01:09
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (41), 06/13/2016 12:03 (3), 08/21/2021 01:09 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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