CVE-2018-25042 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in uTorrent. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00444.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Bittorrent Subscribe	Utorrent Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:utorrent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13814	A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in uTorrent. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1524
https://vuldb.com/?id.113805
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/utorrent-apps-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-information-disclosure/article/746248/

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00441}`	epss `{'score': 0.00421}`

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-06-17T04:45:33.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T14:24:03.407Z

Reserved: 2022-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-25042

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.588Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-17T13:15:11.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:25.480

Link: CVE-2018-25042

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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