Bencoding Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability in BitTorrent uTorrent

Bencoding Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability in BitTorrent uTorrent

CVE-2020-8437 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

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