Vulnerability in Universityofcalifornia Boinc Client
CVE-2013-7386
Format string vulnerability in the PROJECT::write_account_file function in client/cs_account.cpp in BOINC, possibly 7.2.33, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the gui_urls item in an account file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Universityofcalifornia Boinc Client — versions 7.2.33
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html (vendor-advisory)
- boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html (vendor-advisory)