Vulnerability CVE-2020-8437
Published: 2020-03-02

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Bittorrent -> Utorrent 

 References:
https://forum.utorrent.com/forum/13-announcements/
https://twitter.com/va_start
https://utclient.utorrent.com/offers/beta_release_notes/release_notes.html
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