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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1759 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 46.83%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +14.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8470 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-04-17 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-05 | 32.57% | 46.83% | +14.26% |
| 2 | 2025-04-25 | 37.77% | 32.57% | -5.20% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 37.77% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2009-1759 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ctorrent), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1759 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2009-1759: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-11), 1 atom(s) (net-p2p/ctorrent); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1759 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1759 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-1759 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ctorrent), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1759 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rahul | dtorrent | 3.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rahul:dtorrent:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rahul | dtorrent | 3.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rahul:dtorrent:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rahul | dtorrent | 3.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rahul:dtorrent:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rahul | dtorrent | 3.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:rahul:dtorrent:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rahul | ctorrent | 1.3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:rahul:ctorrent:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |