Buffer overflow in Bittorrent Bootstrap-Dht
CVE-2014-8509
The lazy_bdecode function in BitTorrent bootstrap-dht (aka Bootstrap) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, which triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to "Improper Indexing."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.051 (91.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Bittorrent Bootstrap-dht
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)