P2P.Bittorrent.Created.By.Buffer.Overflow

description-logoDescription

This indicates an attack attempt against a buffer-overflow vulnerability in uTorrent.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error when the vulnerable software handles a malicious ".torrent" file. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

uTorrent
1.8 Release Candidate 6 (build 11564)
1.7.7 (released 25 Jan 2008)
1.7.6 (released 15 Jan 2008)
1.7.5 ? 1.6

Impact logoImpact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

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Telemetry logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)