CVE-2009-1759
Stack-based buffer overflow in the btFiles::BuildFromMI function (trunk/btfiles.cpp) in Enhanced CTorrent (aka dTorrent) 3.3.2 and…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 13.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the btFiles::BuildFromMI function (trunk/btfiles.cpp) in Enhanced CTorrent (aka dTorrent) 3.3.2 and probably earlier, and CTorrent 1.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Torrent file containing a long path.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- cTorrent/DTorrent - '.torrent' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8470local, linuxpublished 17 Apr 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8470 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.7% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- FEDORA-2009-8969 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1092 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://dtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dtorrent/dtorrent/trunk/btfiles.cpp?r1=296&r2=301&view=patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8470 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ctorrent-btfiles-bo(49959) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090520 CVE request: ctorrent (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1817 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8897 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 36471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35499 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2782875&group_id=202532&atid=981959 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1754 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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