VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.37% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- universityofcalifornia/boinc client
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.