CVE-2020-8437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2020-03-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 18.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18159.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.whtaguy.com/2020/09/utorrent-cve-2020-8437-vulnerability.html
https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/
https://twitter.com/va_start
https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html

History

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Subscriptions

Bittorrent Utorrent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-03-02T18:33:37.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:28.360Z

Reserved: 2020-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8437

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-02T19:15:12.757

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:51.123

Link: CVE-2020-8437

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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