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CVE-2009-5134 (GCVE-0-2009-5134)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-18 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the "create torrent dialog" functionality in uTorrent 1.8.3 build 15772, and possibly other versions before 1.8.3 (Build 16010), allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a text file containing a large string. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2009-08-28 00:00
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