CVE-2020-8437

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

12%p96

Published

Mar 2, 2020 (Mar 2, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: bittorrent
Products: utorrent
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (12.0%)

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