CVE-2020-8437

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2020-8437
The bencoding parser in BitTorrent uTorrent through 3.5.5 (build 45505) misparses nested bencoded dictionaries, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/ Vendor Advisory
https://twitter.com/va_start Third Party Advisory
https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/ Vendor Advisory
https://twitter.com/va_start Third Party Advisory
https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:utorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 05:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/ - Vendor Advisory () https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://twitter.com/va_start - Third Party Advisory () https://twitter.com/va_start - Third Party Advisory
References () https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

03 May 2022, 14:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-20 CWE-476
References (MISC) https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html - (MISC) https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2020-03-02 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:38

NVD link : CVE-2020-8437

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-8437

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Products Affected

bittorrent

  • utorrent
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference