PT-2014-3410 · University Of California+1 · Boinc+1

Published 2013-12-04 · Updated 2025-07-08 · CVE-2013-7386

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BOINC version 7.2.33

Description A format string issue in the PROJECT::write account file function in client/cs account.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the gui urls item in an account file.

Recommendations For BOINC version 7.2.33, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1237

CVE-2013-7386

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Boinc

References · 14

• 🔥 http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=commitdiff;h=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7386 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2013-1237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7386 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7386 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7386 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2013-7386 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/128042 · Telegram Post
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9 · Note