A vulnerability described as ‘critical’ has been discovered in versions of uTorrent and the official BitTorrent client. The ‘buffer overflow’ vulnerability can be exploited to compromise a user’s computer for the execution of arbitrary code. It is suggested that users should immediately update to uTorrent version 1.8 RC7 or higher.

Secunia has issued two urgent security alerts, one for uTorrent and the other for the official BitTorrent client. Both clients are being developed by BitTorrent Inc.

The vulnerability was found in uTorrent and can be maliciously exploited to compromise a user’s computer, however, it also affects the official BitTorrent client since it’s based on the uTorrent code.

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