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.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27321 | exploit vdb entry patch |
| http://aluigi.org/poc/ruttorrent.zip | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28537 | third party advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28533 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486426/100/0/threaded | mailing list |
| http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330 | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3554 | third party advisory |
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt | exploit |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39720 | vdb entry |
| http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent-1.7.6.txt | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39719 | vdb entry |