CVE-2013-2298

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the XML parser in BOINC 7.x allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted XML file, related to the scheduler.

Affected products

BOINC: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.5, 7.0.6 (+153)

References

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2fea03824925cbcb976f4191f4d8321e41a4d95b
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53192
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.distributed.boinc.user/3741
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59539
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83931
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2fea03824925cbcb976f4191f4d8321e41a4d95b
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53192

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